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.
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| Location | Radcliffe-on-Trent, Rushcliffe England | ||||
| Coordinates | 52°56′56″N 1°02′13″W / 52.9488°N 1.0370°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SK648394 | ||||
| Managed by | East Midlands Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | RDF | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
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| Opened | 15 July 1850[1] | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  12,404 | ||||
| 2020/21 |  1,952 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 9,838 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 11,882 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 12,980 | ||||
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History
editIt 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
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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 158 or Class170 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
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Following station | ||
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| 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
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "Station Facilities for Radcliffe-on-Trent". National Rail Enquiries. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ^ "Table 19 Skegness - Grantham and Nottingham" (PDF). National Rail Timetable. Milton Keynes: Network Rail. December 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ^ Kingscott, G., (2004) Lost Railways of Nottinghamshire, Newbury: Countryside Books
- ^ "Train Service Alterations from Monday". Grantham Journal. England. 4 January 1963. Retrieved 18 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Slater, J.N., ed. (July 1974). "Notes and News: Stations renamed by LMR". Railway Magazine. 120 (879). London: IPC Transport Press Ltd: 363. ISSN 0033-8923.
- ^ "Table 19" (PDF). National Rail Timetable. December 2010.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Radcliffe railway station from National Rail