Bottesford railway station

Bottesford
Location
Place	Bottesford
Local authority	Melton
Coordinates	52°56′41″N 0°47′43″W / 52.94472°N 0.79529°W / 52.94472; -0.79529Coordinates: 52°56′41″N 0°47′43″W / 52.94472°N 0.79529°W / 52.94472; -0.79529
Grid reference	SK810392
Operations
Station code	BTF
Managed by	East Midlands Trains
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	52,378
2011/12	57,488
2012/13	50,820
2013/14	47,422
2014/15	57,446
History
Key dates	Opened 1850 (1850)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bottesford from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Bottesford railway station serves the village of Bottesford in Leicestershire, England. The station is on the Nottingham to Grantham line 15 miles (24 km) east of Nottingham railway station.

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.^[1]

The station buildings were designed by Thomas Chambers Hine.

There was also a link to the old GNR Newark to Leicester cross-country route a short distance to the east; this remained in use for freight until 1988 but has since been lifted.

The station is now owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains (EMT) Train Operating Company (TOC) who provide all 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, as there are no retail facilities at this station.

Services

There is generally a service every two hours daily westbound to Nottingham and eastbound to Skegness via Grantham

An extra service to Liverpool stops every day, and on Sundays there is an extra service to Norwich.

Bottesford is one of the most used stations on the route with many commuters travelling to and from Nottingham each day.

Bottesford station in 1963

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Elton and Orston		East Midlands Trains Nottingham-Skegness		Grantham

Former services

The Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway opened in 1879, providing a Leicester to Grantham service from 1882 to 1953.

References

External links

• Train times and station information for Bottesford railway station from National Rail