Kirkby-in-Ashfield railway station


Kirkby-in-Ashfield railway station serves the town of Kirkby-in-Ashfield in Nottinghamshire, England. The station is on the Robin Hood Line and is operated by East Midlands Railway between Nottingham and Worksop.

History

Kirkby-in-Ashfield was served by three railway stations:
The closures of these lines left the area with no passenger rail services until the reopening of the former Midland Railway route, now known as the 'Robin Hood Line', in the 1990s. However, by this time British Rail had abandoned the original Midland alignment through Kirkby-in-Ashfield town centre, and the remaining freight trains instead passed through the town by way of a short remnant of yet another line.
The town's new station is therefore located on part of the former Great Northern Railway Nottingham to Shirebrook line, which had not previously had a station at this location.

Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes there is generally a half-hourly service from Kirkby-in-Ashfield southbound to Nottingham. There are two trains per hour northbound, one terminating at Mansfield Woodhouse and the other at. Evening services run hourly in each direction, whilst on Sundays there is 2-hourly service to Nottingham & Mansfield Woodhouse only
There is also one daily service Mondays to Fridays from Mansfield Woodhouse continuing beyond Nottingham through to Norwich, however there is no balancing return train.

Facilities

The station is located ¼ mile from the centre of town in a cutting around 40 feet below street level. Access to the platforms is via two ramps with a small number of steps so is not recommended for use by wheelchair passengers unless the operator of the chair is very fit.
There are no toilet facilities on this station.

Local transport connections

There are regular bus service operating outside the station by Trent Barton to the local area but there is no taxi rank.

Future

There are plans to reopen the line between Kirkby-in-Ashfield and Pye Bridge to link with the planned HS2 station at Toton.