Sutton Parkway railway station explained

Sutton Parkway
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Ashfield
Country:England
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:East Midlands Railway
Platforms:2
Code:SPK
Classification:DfT category F1
Opened:1995
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Sutton Parkway railway station serves the town of Sutton-in-Ashfield in Nottinghamshire, England. The station is about NaNmiles south of the location of the former Sutton Junction station and 14miles north of Nottingham on the Robin Hood Line.

Services

All services at Sutton Parkway are operated by East Midlands Railway.

During the weekday off-peak and on Saturdays, the station is generally served by an hourly service northbound to and southbound to . During the peak hours, the station is also served by an additional two trains per day between Nottingham and .

On Sundays, the station is served by a two-hourly service between Nottingham and Mansfield Woodhouse, with no service to Worksop. Sunday services to Worksop are due to recommence at the station during the life of the East Midlands franchise.[1]

Facilities

Access to the platforms is at street level with car parks located on both sides of the platforms given excellent access for the disabled.

There are no toilet facilities at this station.

Local transport connections

The station is located more than from the centre of town and is generally used as a park and ride station. There are two hourly bus services (90 to Ripley and Mansfield and 33 to Ilkeston and Mansfield) and one half-hourly bus service (3C to Nottingham and Mansfield) operated from outside the station by Trentbarton. There are buses between Kirkby-in-Ashfield railway station and Sutton-in-Ashfield itself.

There is no taxi rank at the station.

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: East Midlands Rail Franchise. Department for Transport. 30 August 2022. 16 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210516063712/http://maps.dft.gov.uk/east-midlands-rail-franchise/. dead.