Elton and Orston railway station


Elton and Orston railway station was intended to serve the villages of Elton and Orston in Nottinghamshire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway, but now provides minimal rail services. The station is unstaffed and offers limited facilities other than two shelters, bicycle storage, timetables and modern "Help Points". The full range of tickets for travel can be purchased from the inspector on the train at no extra cost. There are no retail facilities at the station.

History

The station is located on the line first opened by the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway. Passenger services began on 15 July 1850. The line was taken over by the Great Northern Railway. The station was opened as "Elton" by the Great Northern Railway in 1855. The master's lodge and ticket office building was designed by Thomas Chambers Hine. Images show how the station looked in 1967. No station buildings by Hine survived by 2008. There is a small 1980s brick-built shelter on one platform. The name of the station was still plain "Elton" in 1904.
The 2017/2018 statistics show only 138 recorded journeys to and from Elton and Orston.

Services

There is one service to Nottingham per day at 06:25 and one service to Skegness per day at 17:10. There is no Sunday service. The service operates on most bank holidays.
The station is Nottinghamshire's least used station and is one stop down the line from Leicestershire's least used station, Bottesford.