Long Eaton railway station


Long Eaton railway station serves the town of Long Eaton, in Derbyshire, England. It is on the Midland Main Line and the - line, north of St Pancras [railway station|London St Pancras]. The station is managed by East Midlands Railway, which operates services with CrossCountry.

History

The line was opened by the Midland Counties Railway in 1839, which soon joined the North Midland Railway and the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway to form the Midland Railway.
The station was designed by A.A. Langley, engineer to the Midland Railway, and opened as Sawley Junction on 10 December 1888 on Tamworth Road.
From the 1920s until 1937, the station was managed by the station master at Trent Junction.
In 1932, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway announced that Sawley Junction would be known as Sawley Junction for Long Eaton. In 1967, the station became known as Long Eaton.

Accidents and incidents

On 9 October 1869, a Midland Railway passenger train was involved in a rear-end collision with another train at Long Eaton Junction; it resulted in seven deaths, with another twelve injured. The investigation blamed fog, inadequate braking power, excessive speed and fogman error for the collision.

Facilities

The station is staffed during the day. There is a ticket office, with three automatic ticket machines sited externally. There is a car park with 94 spaces, with lockers available for bicycles.

Services

The station is served by two train operating companies; the usual Monday–Saturday service pattern in trains per hour is as follows:
CrossCountry:
  • 1 tph to
  • 1 tph to, via.
East Midlands Railway:
  • 1 tph to, via
  • 2 tph to Nottingham; of which:
  • * 1 tph continues to
  • 1 tph to
  • 1 tph to
  • 1 tph to.
On Sundays, the London to Sheffield trains call hourly in each direction and the Matlock trains every two hours. There is an hourly Derby to Nottingham stopping service in each direction, but no direct service to Birmingham.
The Midland Main Line runs north–south through Long Eaton: north to Derby, and Sheffield; south to,, Leicester and London St Pancras.
A major junction south of the station at Trent links with the cross-country route eastbound to Nottingham. Westbound services to Birmingham travel via Derby and the Cross Country Route.