Langley Mill railway station

For other uses, see Langley Mill railway station (disambiguation).

Langley Mill
National Rail
General information
LocationLangley Mill, Borough of Amber Valley
England
Grid referenceSK449470
Managed byEast Midlands Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeLGM
ClassificationDfT category F1
Key dates
6 September 1847Opened as Langley Mill for Heanor
1 November 1876Renamed Langley Mill and Eastwood
11 September 1933Renamed Langley Mill and Eastwood for Heanor
2 January 1967Closed
12 May 1986Reopened as Langley Mill[1]
Passengers
2019/20Decrease 92,144
2020/21Decrease 16,998
2021/22Increase 64,610
2022/23Increase 80,058
2023/24Increase 85,018
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Langley Mill railway station (formerly known as Langley Mill for Heanor and Langley Mill and Eastwood) on the Erewash Valley Line serves the large village of Langley Mill and the towns of Heanor in Derbyshire and Eastwood in Nottinghamshire, England. The station is 12 miles (19 km) north of Nottingham.

The station lies between Nottingham and Sheffield and is managed by East Midlands Railway.

Services

Northern Trains run an hourly service between Nottingham and Leeds via Sheffield that stops at Langley Mill.[2] This service started from the December 2008 timetable change.

East Midlands Railway operate a few services per day from Langley Mill southbound to Nottingham and beyond (usually Norwich) and northbound to Sheffield (usually continuing to Liverpool Lime Street).

Buses that serve Langley Mill are Rainbow 1, 33, 34 and others that can be found on the Trent Barton website.

Preceding station   National Rail National Rail   Following station
Northern Trains
East Midlands Railway
Limited Service

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and has two offset platforms (linked by underpass), with platform 1 (for Chesterfield and Sheffield) the more southerly of the pair. There are no permanent buildings other than standard waiting shelters; there is no ticket machine available, so all tickets must be purchased prior to travel or on the train. Digital CIS displays, automatic announcements, timetable poster boards and customer help points on each side provide train running information. Step-free access is only available to platform 1 (via ramp, platform 2 is reachable only by stairs).[3]

History

See also: Langley Mill railway station (Erewash Valley line)

The station was opened on the Erewash Valley Line by the Midland Railway in 1847 and known as Langley Mill for Heanor. However, in 1876, the GNR built Eastwood and Langley Mill on its branch from the Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension at Awsworth Junction. The Midland station then became Langley Mill and Eastwood.

In 1895, the Midland built a line from here through Heanor to Ripley with an adjacent station of its own. This was not profitable and closed in May 1926.

It was closed to passenger traffic on 2 January 1967 as a result of the Beeching Axe (along with Ilkeston Junction and Cossall, Alfreton and all the other remaining local stations on the same route),[4] but was subsequently reopened by British Rail in May 1986.[5] The former station (which was demolished after closure) had platforms opposite each other and was located on the site of the present platform 2. A new northbound platform had to be provided when the station was rebuilt, as the former site north of Station Road had been redeveloped. This is located close to where the old Ripley branch line platform once stood.[6]

Stationmasters

  • Richard Eaton until 1861[7]
  • J.C. Hayes from 1861[7] (formerly station master at Borrowash)
  • James Hay ca. 1866
  • Edward Eagle 1868[8] - 1898[9] (formerly station master at Stapleford and Sandiacre)
  • Richard Withnall Wain 1898[9] - 1911
  • Samuel Eaton 1911 - 1926[10]
  • William Tunn 1926[11] - 1937 (formerly station master at Alfreton)

References

  1. ^ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. ^ Table 34 National Rail timetable, May 2017
  3. ^ Langley Mill station facilities National Rail Enquiries
  4. ^ Stations of the Erewash Westhouses Depot website, Retrieved 1 August 2017
  5. ^ "The railway station that refused to die" Holmes, Godfrey The Independent article 1 April 2017; Retrieved 1 August 2017
  6. ^ "Langley Mill railway station, Derbyshire (2013) Thompson, Nigel Geograph.org.uk; Retrieved 1 August 2017
  7. ^ a b "1859-1866". Midland Railway Miscellaneous Depts: 141. 1914. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  8. ^ "1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 471. 1871. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  9. ^ a b "1881-1898 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 573. 1881. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Death of Mr. S. Eaton". Ripley and Heanor News and Ilkeston Division Free Press. England. 8 September 1933. Retrieved 12 May 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ "New Stationmaster at Langley Mill". West Bridgford Advertiser. England. 16 October 1933. Retrieved 12 May 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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