- Mansfield railway station
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For the closed station in Australia, see Mansfield railway station, Victoria.
Mansfield 
Location Place Mansfield Local authority Mansfield Operations Station code MFT Managed by East Midlands Trains Number of platforms 2 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2004/05 * 0.375 million 2005/06 * 
0.379 million2006/07 * 
0.361 million2007/08 * 343,9072008/09 * 348,6802009/10 * 393,990History Opened 1872
Closed 1964
Re-opened 1995National Rail - UK railway stations A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Mansfield from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. Mansfield railway station serves the large town of Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, England. Alternatively it is named Mansfield Town, to distinguish itself from Mansfield Woodhouse and the GCR's former Mansfield Central. The station is 27 km (17 mi) north of Nottingham on the Robin Hood Line and is managed by East Midlands Trains.
The station has the PlusBus scheme where train and bus tickets can be bought together at a saving.
Before the station was re-opened in 1995, the town was the largest in the United Kingdom without one, all the more remarkable when it is considered that Mansfield pioneered the railway in the East Midlands. The then nearest railway station, Alfreton, was known as "Alfreton and Mansfield Parkway".
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Services
Monday to Saturday daytimes there is a half-hourly service from Mansfield to Nottingham (southbound) and Mansfield Woodhouse (northbound) with an hourly service onwards to Worksop. There is an hourly service during the evenings between Nottingham and Worksop. On Sundays a 1 - 2 hourly service runs between Nottingham and Mansfield but only 4 northbound and 5 southbound trains on Sundays run between Mansfield and Worksop. On Sundays the first train of the day and the last train back are operated through to Skegness.
History
The town was originally the terminus of the Mansfield and Pinxton Railway, built in 1819. It was bought by the Midland Railway which used the final section to extend its new Leen Valley line to the present station in 1849.
The station building acquired listed building status, but Mansfield remained isolated from the railway system until 1995, when the Robin Hood Line was reopened to Nottingham.
Future
Former operator Central Trains has been replaced by a new company called East Midlands Trains from November 2007 which operates all services in the East Midlands. The franchise is operated by the Stagecoach group.
External links
- Train times and station information for Mansfield railway station from National Rail
Preceding station 
National RailFollowing station East Midlands Trains Coordinates: 53°08′32″N 01°11′55″W / 53.14222°N 1.19861°W
Categories:- Railway stations in Nottinghamshire
- Former Midland Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1872
- Railway stations closed in 1964
- Railway stations opened in 1995
- Railway stations served by East Midlands Trains
- DfT Category F1 stations
- Beeching closures in England
- East Midlands railway station stubs
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