Langwith-Whaley Thorns railway station

Langwith-Whaley Thorns railway station is in Derbyshire, England. The station is on the Robin Hood Line 22¼ miles (36 km) north of Nottingham towards Worksop.

Langwith-Whaley Thorns
National Rail
General information
LocationNether Langwith, Bolsover
England
Grid referenceSK528708
Managed byEast Midlands Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeLAG
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
OpenedMay 1998
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 19,354
2019/20Decrease 17,946
2020/21Decrease 4,396
2021/22Increase 12,268
2022/23Decrease 9,744
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

This station serves the villages of Nether Langwith and Whaley Thorns which are both on the boundary of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. 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The Robin Hood Line was opened to reinstate a Nottingham to Worksop service, which ran from 1875 until it was withdrawn in October 1964.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

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All services at Langwith-Whaley Thorns are operated by East Midlands Railway.

On weekdays and Saturdays, the station is generally served by a train every two hours northbound to Worksop and southbound to Nottingham via Mansfield Woodhouse.[1]

There is currently no Sunday service at the station since the previous service of four trains per day was withdrawn in 2011.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.[2]

Preceding station   National Rail Following station
Shirebrook   East Midlands Railway
  Creswell

References

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  1. ^ Table 55 National Rail timetable, May 2022
  2. ^ "East Midlands Rail Franchise". Department for Transport. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
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53°13′57.7″N 1°12′33.4″W / 53.232694°N 1.209278°W / 53.232694; -1.209278