Fiskerton railway station

Fiskerton railway station, is on the Nottingham to Lincoln Line, situated 3 m / 3.5 km southeast of the town of Southwell and serves the village of Fiskerton in Nottinghamshire, England.

Fiskerton
LocationFiskerton, Newark and Sherwood
England
Grid referenceSK729520
Managed byEast Midlands Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeFSK
ClassificationDfT category F2
Passengers
2015/16 20,302
2016/17 26,760
2017/18 32,822
2018/19 37,102
2019/20 36,708
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The station was opened on 4 August 1846[1] by the Midland Railway. It was taken over by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923, and by British Rail in 1948.

A signal box was installed at the station in 1902. This Midland Railway Type 3a box was downgraded to a gate box from 2 December 1934.[2]

A new junction was laid between Fiskerton and the Rolleston Junction to Southwell line in 1929 to allow mineral trains from Mansfield and district to travel to Nottingham without reversing at Rolleston Junction.[3] At the same time a new signal box was built to a Midland Railway Type 3c design with a 30 lever frame and gate wheel to operate the level crossing barriers.[4] The curve closed on 1 March 1965 and the railway junction was abolished.

It is managed by the East Midlands Railway, which provides services to the station.

Signalling on the line was upgraded in 2016 when the manual signal boxes were decommissioned and control transferred to the East Midlands Integrated Electronic Control Centre at Derby.[5]

In 2017, Network Rail announced that the platforms would be extended to handle longer trains.[6]

In 2020 Network Rail announced a plan to relocate the signal box to the Vale of Berkley Railway in Gloucestershire.[7]

Stationmasters
  • Thomas Marston 1851
  • H. Briggs 1860
  • John Pick 1861
  • S Cobb 1864
  • Joseph Monney (or Minney) ca. 1870 ca 1871
  • Henry Hawkins until 1873
  • T. Blackwell 1873
  • W. Booth 1875
  • Thomas Braddock 1877 - 1879[8]
  • Edward Presgrave 1879 - 1883[8]
  • G. Butler 1883 - 1888[9]
  • W. Tunn 1888 - 1890 (afterwards station master at Kirkby in Ashfield)[10]
  • William Henry Higginson 1890[9] - ca. 1914

Facilities

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 can be purchased from the guard on the train at no extra cost. There are no retail facilities at this station.

Services

EMR's Newark Castle to Nottingham and Matlock services call hourly throughout the day in both directions. Some westbound services are fast to Lowdham and some eastbound services are fast to Newark Castle. Only a limited number of through services to/from Lincoln Central call, although connections are available at Newark Castle. There is a reduced service on Sundays.[11]

References
  1. "Opening of the Nottingham and Lincoln Railway". Lincolnshire Chronicle. England. 7 August 1846. Retrieved 2 March 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. "Fiskerton Station Ground Frame" (PDF). Inter City Railway Society. 44 (518): 33. February 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  3. "New Notts Line". Nottingham Journal. England. 6 February 1929. Retrieved 31 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. Hinson, John. "Fiskerton Junction". The Signal Box. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  5. Parker, Sam (14 February 2016). "Save our Signal Box". Newark Advertiser. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  6. Ashe, Isaac (31 January 2017). "Upgrade planned to two Nottinghamshire stations which are too short for some trains". Nottingham Evening Post. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  7. Thompson, Connor (6 May 2020). "Network Rail plan to move Morton signal box to Vale of Berkeley Railway should Newark and Sherwood District Council approve". Newark Advertiser. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  8. "Midland Railway". 1871–1879: 855. Retrieved 31 January 2021. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: date format (link)
  9. "Midland Railway". 1881–1898: 498. Retrieved 31 January 2021. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: date format (link)
  10. "Death of the Kirkby-in-Ashfield Station-Master". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 21 November 1895. Retrieved 31 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. "Train timetable 18 August to 14 December 2019" (PDF). East Midlands Railway. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
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  • 17 May 2008
Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
East Midlands Railway
Nottingham-Lincoln Line
Disused railways
Bleasby
Line closed, station open		   Midland Railway
Fiskerton to Mansfield		   Southwell
Line and station closed


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