Netherfield railway station

Netherfield railway station (originally opened as Colwick and later known as Netherfield and Colwick) serves the town of Netherfield in the Borough of Gedling in Nottinghamshire, England. It comprises a single island platform with two tracks, with only a single waiting shelter. Access is via a flight of steps down from Chaworth Road, which crosses the line at a bridge at this point.

Netherfield
General information
Location	Netherfield, Gedling England
Grid reference	SK619408
Managed by	East Midlands Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	NET
Classification	DfT category F2
Key dates
May 1878	Opened as Colwick
1 May 1883	Renamed Netherfield and Colwick
August 1901	Renamed Netherfield
13 July 1925	Renamed Netherfield and Colwick
6 May 1974	Renamed Netherfield[1]
Passengers
2019/20	8,292
2020/21	1,210
2021/22	5,556
2022/23	6,946
2023/24	7,780
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

View from platform 1, with East Midlands Railway Class 158 158862 departing

"Welcome to Netherfield" sign painted on the bridge leading to Netherfield railway station

The station is little-used in comparison with nearby Carlton railway station on the Nottingham to Lincoln Line, which lies barely 460 yards (420 m) away.

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.^[2]

From 7 January 1963 passenger steam trains between Grantham, Bottesford, Elton and Orston, Aslockton, Bingham, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Netherfield and Colwick, Nottingham London Road (High Level) and Nottingham (Victoria) were replaced with diesel-multiple unit trains.^[3]

The station was renamed from Netherfield & Colwick to Netherfield on 6 May 1974.^[4]

Netherfield station also marks the junction for the disused line to Gedling, which separates to the north 50 yards (46 m) east of Netherfield. The branch then goes under the A612 road, bridges the Nottingham to Lincoln line, crosses over the A612 and terminates at Gedling coal mine.

Current services

Train services are limited here, with just nine "peak time" trains calling at the station on a typical weekday. Four of those trains operate towards Nottingham (three in the morning and one in the evening), and the remaining five (one morning and four afternoon/evening) operate to Skegness. Two trains each way call here on Sundays. All trains are operated by East Midlands Railway.^[5]

The station used to have a PlusBus scheme where combined train and bus tickets could be bought at a reduced price, however, it was withdrawn due to low usage owing to the limited rail services.^{[citation needed]} The locality of Netherfield is still part of the Nottingham Plusbus scheme.

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Nottingham		East Midlands Railway Nottingham-Grantham Line		Radcliffe

Former services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Nottingham London Road High Level		London and North Western Railway Nottingham to Grantham Nottingham to Newark		Radcliffe
		Great Northern Railway Nottingham to Shirebrook Nottingham to Basford & Bulwell		Gedling
Nottingham London Road Low Level		London and North Western Railway Nottingham to Northampton		Radcliffe