Radcliffe railway station

Radcliffe railway station (also known as Radcliffe-on-Trent[2] and Radcliffe (Notts)[3]) serves the village of Radcliffe-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire, England. It lies on the Nottingham to Grantham Line, 5 miles (8 km) east of Nottingham. Services run to Nottingham, Grantham, Boston and Skegness.

This article is about station in Radcliffe on Trent. For the Manchester Metrolink station in Bury, see Radcliffe Metrolink station.

Radcliffe
National Rail
General information
LocationRadcliffe-on-Trent, Rushcliffe
England
Coordinates52.948889°N 1.036667°W / 52.948889; -1.036667
Grid referenceSK648394
Managed byEast Midlands Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeRDF
ClassificationDfT category F1
History
Opened15 July 1850[1]
Passengers
2017/18Increase 8,850
2018/19Increase 9,674
2019/20Increase 12,404
2020/21Decrease 1,952
2021/22Increase 9,838
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

It is located on the line first opened by the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway on 15 July 1850 and taken over by the Great Northern Railway[4]

The station itself was opened by the Great Northern Railway. The station buildings were designed by Thomas Chambers Hine.

The Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway opened in 1879 from Saxondale Junction, a few miles east of the station. The London and North Western Railway then provided a Nottingham to Northampton service which ceased in 1953.

From 7 January 1963 passenger steam trains between Grantham, Bottesford, Elton and Orston, Aslockton, Bingham, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Netherfield and Colwick, Nottingham London-road (High Level) and Nottingham (Victoria) were replaced with diesel-multiple unit trains.[5]

The station was renamed from Radcliffe on Trent to Radcliffe on 6 May 1974.[6]

Services
Services at Radcliffe are provided by East Midlands Railway, mostly using Class 156 and Class 158 units. In the late 2010 snow, 156413 speeds through the station with a non-stop service.

As of December 2010 there are five trains each day to Nottingham and four to Skegness, with a single late evening service terminating at Boston.[7] All services are provided by East Midlands Railway, usually using Class 156 or Class 158 units. Express services between Norwich and Liverpool Lime Street call at the station once a day towards Liverpool, and also call here on 1 Sunday train to Norwich.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
East Midlands Railway
Disused railways
Netherfield   Great Northern Railway
Nottingham to Grantham
Nottingham to Newark		   Bingham
Netherfield   London and North Western Railway
Nottingham to Northampton		   Bingham Road

References
  1. "Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway". Nottingham Review and General Advertiser for the Midland Counties. England. 12 July 1850. Retrieved 29 June 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. "Station Facilities for Radcliffe-on-Trent". National Rail Enquiries. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  3. "Table 19 Skegness - Grantham and Nottingham" (PDF). National Rail Timetable. Milton Keynes: Network Rail. December 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  4. Kingscott, G., (2004) Lost Railways of Nottinghamshire, Newbury: Countryside Books
  5. "Train Service Alterations from Monday". Grantham Journal. England. 4 January 1963. Retrieved 18 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. Slater, J.N., ed. (July 1974). "Notes and News: Stations renamed by LMR". Railway Magazine. London: IPC Transport Press Ltd. 120 (879): 363. ISSN 0033-8923.
  7. "Table 19" (PDF). National Rail Timetable. December 2010.
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