Kirkby-in-Ashfield railway station

Railway station in Nottinghamshire, England

Kirkby-in-Ashfield

General information
Location| Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Ashfield
England
Grid reference| SK500561
Managed by| East Midlands Railway
Platforms| 2
Other information
Station code| KKB
Classification| DfT category F2
History
Opened| November 1996
Passengers
2018/19|  181,416
2019/20|  176,680
2020/21|  34,602
2021/22|  89,714
2022/23|  0.106 million

Notes

Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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

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Kirkby-in-Ashfield was served by three railway stations:

* Kirkby-in-Ashfield Central station (closed 1962) was located 700m to the west of the present station on the former Great Central Railway Mansfield Central branch.
* Kirkby-in-Ashfield East station (closed 1964) was 350m to the east of the present station on the former Midland Railway Nottingham to Worksop line.
* Kirkby Bentinck station (closed 1963) was located in Bentinck Town to the south west of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, on the former Great Central Railway London to Manchester main line.

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.[1] 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.[2]

## Services

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All services at Kirkby-in-Ashfield 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 Worksop and southbound to Nottingham.[3] During the peak hours, the station is also served by an additional two trains per day between Nottingham and Mansfield Woodhouse.

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.[4]

Preceding station  |  National Rail | Following station

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Newstead |  | East Midlands Railway

Robin Hood Line

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## Facilities

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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

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

## Future

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There are proposals to re-open the line between Kirkby-in-Ashfield and Pye Bridge in Derbyshire (which currently operate freight services only), which was initially proposed to provide a link with the formerly planned HS2 station at Toton.[5] The proposed name for this re-opened line would be the Maid Marion Line.[6]

## References

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1. ^ Anderson, P. Howard (1985). Forgotten Railways. Vol. II The East Midlands (2nd ed.). Newton Abbott: David St John Thomas. p. 206\. ISBN 0-946537-20-8.
2. ^ Sisson, Robin (March 2007). "Return to Robin Hood". Today's Railways UK. Vol. LXIII (March 2007). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. pp. 48–55.
3. ^ Table 55 National Rail timetable, May 2022
4. ^ "East Midlands Rail Franchise". Department for Transport. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
5. ^ "North Notts train route could reopen with HS2 links • West Bridgford Wire". 2 December 2018.
6. ^ "Station Masterplans/ Maid Marian Line". Ashfield District Council. Retrieved 27 March 2023.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kirkby-in-Ashfield railway station.

* Train times and station information for Kirkby-in-Ashfield railway station from National Rail

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* from Edinburgh Waverley
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* Carlton
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Robin Hood Line|

* Worksop
* Whitwell, Creswell, Langwith-Whaley Thorns and Shirebrook railway stations in Derbyshire
* Mansfield Woodhouse
* Mansfield
* Sutton Parkway
* Kirkby-in-Ashfield
* Newstead
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