Bingham railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Bingham

---

manager = East Midlands Trains
locale = Bingham
borough = Rushcliffe
lowusage0405 = 28,053
lowusage0506 = 26,134
lowusage0607 = 25,181
code= BIN
platforms = 2
start = ?

Bingham railway station serves the market town of Bingham, Nottinghamshire, England. The station is 14 km (8½ miles) east of Nottingham on the Nottingham - Skegness Line. The station is operated and served by East Midlands Trains.

History

It is located on the line first opened by the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway in 1850 and taken over by the Great Northern Railway [Kingscott, G., (2004) "Lost Railways of Nottinghamshire," Newbury: Countryside Books]

The station itself was opened by the Great Northern Railway in 1857. The buildings were designed by Thomas Chambers Hine.

Between 1879 and 1953, Bingham was also served by Bingham Road station on the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway. This station was used by London and North Western Railway Nottingham to Northampton services.

Current Services

There is generally a two-hourly service daily westbound to Nottingham and eastbound towards Grantham and Skegness.

Former Services

References

External links

[http://www.emsource.org.uk/archive/items/ww2/evacuees_1.html| Evacuees arriving at Bingham station]