Bingham railway station
Bingham railway station serves the market town of Bingham, Nottinghamshire, England. The station is 8½ miles east of Nottingham on the Nottingham-Skegness Line. The station is operated and served by East Midlands Railway.
History
Passenger services started on 15 July 1850. It is located on the line first opened by the Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway and taken over by the Great Northern Railway. The buildings were designed by Thomas Chambers Hine.In 1851 the first station master, Thomas Hand, absconded with five days' takings from passengers travelling to the Nottingham Fair.
Between 1879 and 1953, Bingham was also served by [Bingham Road railway railway station|station (Nottinghamshire)|Bingham Road station] on the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway. It was used for London and North Western Railway services between Nottingham London Road and stations to Northampton.
From 7 January 1963 passenger steam trains between Grantham, Bottesford, Elton and Orston, Aslockton, Bingham, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Netherfield and Colwick, Nottingham London-road and Nottingham were replaced by diesel multiple-unit trains.
Station masters
- Thomas Hand, 1850–1851
- Robert John Nicholson, c. 1865
- J. W. Page
- Charles Richardson, 1877–1898
- George Tagg 1898
- Mr Chandler, up to 1902
- John Thomas James, c. 1913
- A. Smith, up to 1937
- Albert S. Langford, c. 1940 – 1949
- F. L. Cantwell, c. 1959–1961
- J. H. Fisher, from 1961