Bingham railway station explained

Bingham
Symbol Location:	gb
Symbol:	rail
Borough:	Bingham, Rushcliffe
Country:	England
Grid Name:	Grid reference
Manager:	East Midlands Railway
Platforms:	2
Code:	BIN
Classification:	DfT category F1
Opened:	1850
Footnotes:	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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

History

Passenger services started on 15 July 1850.^[1] It is located on the line first opened by the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway and taken over by the Great Northern Railway.^[2] The buildings were designed by Thomas Chambers Hine.^[3]

In 1851 the first station master, Thomas Hand, absconded with five days' takings from passengers travelling to the Nottingham Fair.^[4]

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

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 by diesel multiple-unit trains.^[5]

Station masters

• Thomas Hand, 1850–1851^[4]
• Robert John Nicholson, c. 1865
• J. W. Page (afterwards station master at Harby and Stathern)
• Charles Richardson, 1877–1898^[6]
• George Tagg 1898
• Mr Chandler, up to 1902^[7] (afterwards station master at Little Bytham)
• John Thomas James, c. 1913
• A. Smith, up to 1937^[8] (afterwards station master at Loughborough Central)
• Albert S. Langford, c. 1940 – 1949^[9]
• F. L. Cantwell, c. 1959–1961
• J. H. Fisher, from 1961

Services

There is generally an hourly service daily westbound to Nottingham and eastbound towards Grantham and Skegness.

External links

• Evacuees arriving at Bingham station

52.9542°N -0.9514°W

Notes and References

1. News: . Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway . Nottingham Review and General Advertiser for the Midland Counties . England . 12 July 1850 . 29 June 2017 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
2. Kingscott, G., (2004) Lost Railways of Nottinghamshire, Newbury: Countryside Books
3. News: . The Ambergate Railway . Nottinghamshire Guardian . England . 18 July 1850 . 29 June 2017 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription.
4. News: Gleanings . Durham County Advertiser . England . 17 October 1851 . 8 March 2020 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription.
5. News: . Train Service Alterations from Monday . Grantham Journal . England . 4 January 1963 . 18 December 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription.
6. News: Presentation to the Bingham Great Northern Station Master . Nottingham Journal . England . 5 November 1898 . 8 March 2020 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription.
7. News: Great Northern Railway promotion . Stamford Mercury . England . 30 May 1902 . 8 March 2020 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription.
8. News: The L.N.E.R announce… . Nottingham Journal . England . 15 January 1937 . 8 March 2020 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
9. News: . Bingham . Newark Advertiser . England . 12 October 1949 . 8 August 2024 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .