Bleasby railway station explained

Bleasby
Symbol Location:	gb
Symbol:	rail
Borough:	Bleasby, Newark and Sherwood
Country:	England
Grid Name:	Grid reference
Manager:	East Midlands Railway
Platforms:	2
Code:	BSB
Classification:	DfT category F2
Footnotes:	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Bleasby railway station serves the village of Bleasby, Nottinghamshire, England. It is on the Nottingham to Lincoln Line, owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway.

History

The station was opened on 4 August 1846^[1] by the Midland Railway. The original station buildings were designed by Thomas Chambers Hine. The station was taken over by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923, and by British Rail in 1948.

It is now managed by East Midlands Railway.

Stationmasters

• George Williamson ca. 1857 - 1886^[2]
• James B. Palmer 1886 - 1891
• Job Frederick Fisher 1891 - 1898 (formerly station master at Bolsover Castle, afterwards station master at Thurgarton)
• Arthur Edward Kind 1898 - 1899 (afterwards station master at Collingham)
• Ebenezer Tagg 1900 - 1904
• George Ernest Aiers 1904 - 1907^[3] (afterwards station master at Lowdham)
• George Butler from 1907 (formerly station master at Lowdham)
• George Stapleton ca. 1911
• G.W. Jay ca. 1914
• J.J. Williams from 1921^[4]
• Mr. Holden until 1932^[5] (afterwards station master at Ullesthorpe)
• William George Dudderidge 1932 - 1936^[6] (also station master at Rolleston Junction and Fiskerton)
• Arnold Foster 1936 - 1942
• H.J. Lane until 1947
• F.W.E. Clarke from 1947^[7] (formerly stationmaster at Widmerpool)

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and offers limited facilities other than two shelters, bicycle storage, 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 retail facilities at this station.^[8]

Services

All services at Bleasby are operated by East Midlands Railway.

The typical off-peak service is:

• 1 train every 2 hours to via
• 1 train every 2 hours to

The station is also served by a small number of trains between, Nottingham and .

Notes and References

1. News: . Opening of the Nottingham and Lincoln Railway . Lincolnshire Chronicle . England . 7 August 1846 . 2 March 2016 . . subscription .
2. News: . Living under five monarchs . Nottingham Evening Post . England . 29 January 1901 . 29 January 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
3. News: . Items of Local Interest . Nottingham Evening Post . England . 21 May 1907 . 29 January 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
4. News: . Day by Day . Staffordshire Sentinel . England . 15 April 1947 . 9 December 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
5. News: . Rolleston . Newark Herald . England . 23 January 1932 . 9 December 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
6. News: . Stationmaster Retires . Eckington, Woodhouse and Staveley Express . England . 14 November 1936 . 9 December 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
7. News: . Local Jottings . Nottingham Evening Post . England . 14 March 1947 . 31 January 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
8. Web site: Bleasby station information. East Midlands Railway. 28 April 2021.