Radcliffe railway station

This article is about station in Radcliffe on Trent. For the Manchester Metrolink station in Bury, see Radcliffe Metrolink station.

Radcliffe
Location
Place	Radcliffe-on-Trent
Local authority	Rushcliffe
Coordinates
Grid reference	SK648394
Operations
Station code	RDF
Managed by	East Midlands Trains
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	9,565
2005/06	10,892
2006/07	9,326
2007/08	13,305
2008/09	11,874
2009/10	7,644
2010/11	8,724
2011/12	7,946
2012/13	8,658
2013/14	10,152
2014/15	6,026
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Radcliffe from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Radcliffe railway station (also known as Radcliffe-on-Trent and Radcliffe (Notts)) serves the village of Radcliffe-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire, England. It lies on the Nottingham to Grantham Line, 5 miles (8 km) east of Nottingham. Services run to Nottingham, Grantham, Boston and Skegness.

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History

It is located on the line first opened by the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway in 1850 and taken over by the Great Northern Railway

The station itself was opened by the Great Northern Railway. The station buildings were designed by Thomas Chambers Hine.

The Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway opened in 1879 from Saxondale Junction, a few miles east of the station. The London and North Western Railway then provided a Nottingham to Northampton service which ceased in 1953.

The station was renamed from Radcliffe on Trent to Radcliffe on 6 May 1974.

Services

Services at Radcliffe are provided by East Midlands Trains, mostly using Class 156 and Class 158 units. In the late 2010 snow, 156413 speeds through the station with a non-stop service.

As of December 2010 there are five trains each day to Nottingham and four to Skegness, with a single late evening service terminating at Boston. All services are provided by East Midlands Trains, usually using Class 156 or Class 158 units. Express services between Norwich and Liverpool Lime Street call at the station once a day towards Liverpool, and also call here on 1 Sunday train to Norwich.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Netherfield		East Midlands Trains Nottingham-Skegness		Bingham
	Disused railways
Netherfield		Great Northern Railway Nottingham to Grantham Nottingham to Newark		Bingham
Netherfield		London and North Western Railway Nottingham to Northampton		Bingham Road

External links

• Train times and station information for Radcliffe railway station from National Rail