Sutton Parkway railway station

This article is about the railway station in Sutton-in-Ashfield. It is not to be confused with Sutton Park railway station.
Sutton Parkway National Rail

The platforms at Sutton Parkway
Location
Place Sutton-in-Ashfield
Local authority Ashfield
Grid reference SK505576
Operations
Station code SPK
Managed by East Midlands Trains
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11 Decrease 128,554
2011/12 Increase 140,430
2012/13 Increase 147,028
2013/14 Decrease 135,250
2014/15 Increase 169,058
History
Key dates Opened 1995 (1995)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Sutton Parkway from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Sutton Parkway railway station serves the town of Sutton-in-Ashfield in Nottinghamshire, England. The station is about 1⁄2 mile (800 m) south of the location of the old Sutton Junction station and 14 miles (23 km) north of Nottingham on the Robin Hood Line.

Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes there is generally a half-hourly service from Sutton Parkway southbound to Nottingham. There are two trains per hour northbound, one terminating at Mansfield Woodhouse and the other at Worksop. Evenings hourly in each direction and two-hourly service in both directions on Sundays, though on Sundays, all northbound services terminate at Mansfield Woodhouse. [1]

When Sunday services began in December 2008, some trains ran through to Worksop and from 12 July 2009 the first service in the morning and the last service back on a Sunday was extended to/from Skegness, providing the opportunity for a day out in Skegness by rail. Trains north of Mansfield were not well used however and were withdrawn at the May 2011 timetable change.[2]

There is also one daily southbound service Mondays to Fridays (from Mansfield Woodhouse) that continues beyond Nottingham to Norwich, however there is no return train.

Facilities

Access to the platforms is at street level with car parks located on both sides of the platforms given excellent access for the disabled.

There are no toilet facilities on this station.

Local transport connections

The station is located more than 2 miles (3.2 km) from the centre of town and is generally used as a park and ride station. There is only an hourly bus service operating outside the station by Trent Barton to the local area. There are buses between Kirkby-in-Ashfield railway station and Sutton-in-Ashfield itself.

There is no taxi rank at the station.

References

  1. ↑ GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 55 (Network Rail)
  2. ↑ GB NRT May 2010 & May 2011 Editions, Table 55 (Network Rail)
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Coordinates: 53°06′50″N 01°14′45″W / 53.11389°N 1.24583°W / 53.11389; -1.24583


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