Hucknall station, also formerly known as Hucknall Byron station, is a

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and

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Hucknall Hucknall, formerly Hucknall Torkard, is a market town in the Ashfield district of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies 7 miles north of Nottingham, 7 miles south-east of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, 9 miles from Mansfield and 10 miles south of Sutton-in ...

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. It is located on the

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north of

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and is also the northern terminus of the

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(NET) tram system. The station has

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facilities, with nearly 450 parking spaces for use by both tram and train passengers. TrentBarton Connect Red/Blue bus services connect passengers to the town centre and the western estates, stopping adjacent to the tramstop. TrentBarton 141 service connect passengers to the town centre, the eastern estate and the surrounding villages, stopping on the roadbridge above the station, or adjacent to the Tesco Extra. The Tesco Extra and the Ashgate Retail Park (

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and Kennelgate) are located close to the station.

History

Hucknall station first opened, as ''Hucknall'', on 2 October 1848, with the opening of the

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's line from

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. It was located some from the current station site, and was the first of several stations to serve Hucknall, including the

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and the

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's Hucknall Central. Hucknall station was relocated to the current site on 22 December 1895, and renamed to ''Hucknall Byron'' on 11 August 1952 in order to avoid confusion with the other Hucknall stations. It was closed to passenger traffic, along with all the other stations on the line, on 12 October 1964, but the railway line itself was retained for goods traffic. On 17 May 1993, this line was reopened by

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to passenger traffic as part of the new

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, and the station was reopened under its original name, the other Hucknall stations having closed in the meantime. The tram stop opened on 9 March 2004, along with the rest of NET's initial system.

Stationmasters

*James Nutt ca. 1858 - 1861 (afterwards station master at Water Orton) *Samuel Butler 1861 - 1864 (afterwards station master at Alfreton) *J. Hey from 1864 - 1872 *W.F. Foster 1872 - 1876 (afterwards station master at Alfreton) *John Clarke 1876 - 1908 (formerly station master at Rawmarsh) *Charles Chapple 1908 - 1921 *T.S. Richards 1926 - 1931 *E. Hallows 1931 - 1936 *Albert Ernest Short 1936 - 1946 (also station master of the LNER stations in Hucknall) *J.H. Thomas from 1946

Operation

Rail

The railway has a single line and platform through the station, with the platform on the same side of the railway track as the tram stop. There is direct access from the railway platform to the tram platforms. Train services are operated by

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. During the weekday off-peak and on Saturdays, the station is generally served by an hourly service northbound to and southbound to . During the peak hours, the station is also served by an additional two trains per day between Nottingham and . 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.

Tram

The tram stop has two side platforms, flanked two terminal tracks. To the south the line becomes single track as far as

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. With the opening of NET's phase two, Hucknall is the terminus of NET line 1, which runs through the city centre to Beeston and

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. Trams run at frequencies that vary between 4 and 8 trams per hour, depending on the day and time of day.

References

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* {{Railway stations served by East Midlands Railway Nottingham Express Transit stops Railway stations in Nottinghamshire DfT Category F2 stations Former Midland Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1848 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964 Beeching closures in England Railway stations opened by British Rail Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1993 Railway stations served by East Midlands Railway Reopened railway stations in Great Britain Transport in Ashfield District