Langwith-Whaley Thorns railway station is in

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. The

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is on the

Robin Hood Line The Robin Hood Line is a railway line running from Nottingham to Worksop, Nottinghamshire, in the United Kingdom. The stations between Shirebrook and Whitwell (inclusive) are in Derbyshire. Passenger services are operated by East Midlands Rai ...

22¼ miles (36 km) north of

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towards

Worksop Worksop ( ) is a market town in the Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located east-south-east of Sheffield, close to Nottinghamshire's borders with South Yorkshire and Derbyshire, on the River Ryton and not far from the nor ...

. This station serves the villages of

Nether Langwith Nether Langwith is a village and civil parish, in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England. It is located east of Chesterfield and south west of Worksop. Nether Langwith lies east of the adjoining village, Langwith, which is in the ...

and

Whaley Thorns Whaley Thorns is a former colliery village in the Bolsover (district), Bolsover district of Derbyshire, England, close to the Nottinghamshire border. Whaley Thorns lies just north of Nether Langwith and Langwith, Derbyshire, Langwith, south-eas ...

which are both on the boundary of Derbyshire and

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditi ...

. It also serves the village of Langwith in Derbyshire. The Robin Hood Line was opened to reinstate a Nottingham to Worksop service, which ran from 1875 until it was withdrawn in October 1964. After withdrawal the station at Langwith was razed to the ground. When the Robin Hood service was being planned it was decided that, rather than build a new station on the original site in Langwith Maltings, the community would be better served by building the new station about half a mile further North in the larger communities of Nether Langwith and Whaley Thorns. The "old" Langwith station is described at Langwith station (1875-1964).

Services

All services at Langwith-Whaley Thorns are operated by

East Midlands Railway Abellio East Midlands Limited, trading as East Midlands Railway (EMR), is a train operating company in England, owned by Abellio, and is the current operator of the East Midlands franchise. History In March 2017, the Department for Transport a ...

. On weekdays and Saturdays, the station is generally served by a train every two hours northbound to and southbound to via . There is currently no Sunday service at the station since the previous service of four trains per day was withdrawn in 2011. Sunday services at the station are due to recommence at the station during the life of the East Midlands franchise.

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Railway stations in Derbyshire DfT Category F2 stations Railway stations opened by Railtrack Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1998 Railway stations served by East Midlands Railway {{EastMidlands-railstation-stub