Place Elton Station code ELO DfT category F2 Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference SK770400 Managed by East Midlands Trains 2011/12 72 | |
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Similar Ancaster railway station, Hubberts Bridge railway st, Rauceby railway station, Havenhouse railway station, Swineshead railway station | ||
Elton and Orston (formerly Elton) railway station serves the villages of Elton and Orston in Nottinghamshire, England. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains (EMT) train operating company, which also provides the 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 are purchased from the guard on the train at no extra cost. There are no retail facilities at this station.
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History
The station 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 as "Elton" by the Great Northern Railway in 1855. The station buildings were designed by Thomas Chambers Hine. Images such as NTGM016291 on Picture the Past 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.
With only 88 passengers in 2014/2015, it was the eighth quietest station on the National Rail network.
Services
There is one service to Nottingham per day at 0625 hrs and one service to Skegness per day at 1710 hrs. There is no Sunday service.