Mansfield railway station (England)

Mansfield railway station is a Grade II listed[1] railway station which 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 17 miles (27 km) north of Nottingham on the Robin Hood Line, and is managed by East Midlands Railway.

Mansfield
The station building from platform 2
Location
PlaceMansfield
Local authorityMansfield
Grid referenceSK536608
Operations
Station codeMFT
Managed byEast Midlands Railway
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryF1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 0.367 million
2015/16 0.395 million
2016/17 0.399 million
2017/18 0.409 million
2018/19 0.402 million
History
Original companyMidland Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
1 March 1872 (1872-03-01)Opened as Mansfield
11 August 1952Renamed Mansfield Town
12 October 1964Closed
10 November 1995Reopened as Mansfield
Listed status
Listed featureMansfield Railway Station
Listing gradeGrade II listed
Entry number1288236[1]
Added to list17 Mar 1978
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Mansfield from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

The station has the PlusBus scheme, where train and bus tickets can be bought together at a saving. It is connected via skybridge to Mansfield bus station.

Before the station was reopened 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.

Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes there is a half-hourly service from Mansfield to Nottingham (southbound), and one to Mansfield Woodhouse (northbound) with an hourly service onwards to Worksop. There is an hourly service during the evenings between Nottingham and Worksop. There is also one daily service Mondays to Fridays from Mansfield Woodhouse directly to Norwich; however, there is no corresponding service in the opposite direction.

On Sundays an irregular service (nine trains each way) runs between Nottingham and Mansfield Woodhouse only.[2]

History
Sign for Mansfield Town station at the Midland Railway Centre, Swanwick

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 present station building was constructed by the Midland Railway in 1872;[1] it acquired listed building status, but following closure in 1964 Mansfield remained isolated from the railway system until 1995, when the Robin Hood Line was reopened to Nottingham.

Notes
  1. Historic England, "Mansfield Railway Station (1288236)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 December 2016
  2. GB National Rail Timetable, May 2013; Table 55
Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
East Midlands Railway
Robin Hood Line
Disused railways
Blidworth and Rainworth
Line and station closed		   Midland Railway
Rolleston Junction to Mansfield		   Terminus

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