Thurgarton railway station is a Grade II listed[1] station which serves the small village of Thurgarton in Nottinghamshire, England.
History
It is on the Nottingham to Lincoln Line, which was engineered by George Stephenson and opened by the Midland Railway on 3 August 1846.[2] The contractors for the line were Craven and Son of Newark and Nottingham;[2] the station buildings are in the neo-Tudor style[3] and were probably designed by Thomas Chambers Hine.
At the station much of the original décor remains apart from the electric barriers added later.
Stationmasters
- J. Howitt 1846 - 1865
- C. Brown 1865 - 1866
- John Kind 1866 - 1898[4]
- Job Frederick Fisher 1898 - 1921 (formerly station master at Bleasby)
- Sidney Richard Holden ca. 1924 - 1932 (afterwards station master at Ullesthorpe)[5]
- J.F. Georgeson from 1937[6] (also station master at Lowdham)
- H. Simpson ca. 1950
Facilities
The station is unstaffed and offers limited facilities other than two shelters, timetables and modern help points. The full range of tickets can be purchased from the guard on the train at no extra cost as there are no ticket issuing facilities at this station.[7]
Services
All services at Thurgarton are operated by East Midlands Railway.
The typical off-peak service is:[8]
- 1 train every 2 hours to Matlock via Nottingham
- 1 train every 2 hours to Newark Castle
The station is also served by a small number of trains between Leicester, Nottingham and Lincoln.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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See also
Gallery
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17 May 2008 -
17 May 2008 -
17 May 2008
References
- ^ a b Historic England, "Thurgarton Railway Station. Principal Passenger Buildings (1179030)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 January 2017
- ^ a b "Opening of the Nottingham and Lincoln Railway". Lincolnshire Chronicle. England. 7 August 1846. Retrieved 2 March 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Williamson, Elizabeth; Hartwell, Clare (2020). The Buildings of England. Nottinghamshire. Yale University Press. p. 663. ISBN 9780300247831.
- ^ "From Day to Day". Nottingham Journal. England. 26 August 1898. Retrieved 26 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Mr. S.R. Holden". Leicester Evening Mail. England. 18 February 1939. Retrieved 26 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Railway News". Crewe Chronicle. England. 11 September 1937. Retrieved 26 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Thurgarton station information". East Midlands Railway. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ Table 27 National Rail timetable, May 2020
External links
- Train times and station information for Thurgarton railway station from National Rail
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