Rolleston railway station

Rolleston station is around half a mile from the small village of Rolleston, one of the Trent side villages close to Southwell in Nottinghamshire, England. The station is convenient for Southwell Racecourse, to which it is adjacent.

Rolleston
Looking west towards the shelter, old station house, and level crossing
LocationRolleston, Newark and Sherwood
England
Grid referenceSK737525
Managed byEast Midlands Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeROL
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Opened1846
Passengers
2015/16 4,340
2016/17 5,532
2017/18 6,410
2018/19 6,608
2019/20 5,408
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The station was opened on 4 August 1846[1] with services running between Nottingham and Lincoln.

The branch line to Southwell was opened in 1847 but the Midland Railway suspended passenger services to Southwell for a while during the 1850s. These were restored from 1 August 1860[2] as the Midland Railway saw demand for a planned new line through Southwell to Mansfield.

On Saturday 5 December 1874, John Bradwell, senior church warden at Southwell Minster, stopped on the foot crossing and being very deaf did not hear an approaching train which knocked him down. The station master arranged for him to be taken by train to Newark but as the local surgeon arrived at Newark station, the victim had died from his injuries. The recommendation from the inquest was that a footbridge be installed.[3]

The station was previously known as Rolleston Junction, as it used to be the junction for the railway line to Southwell and Mansfield, which in its latter years played host to the locally loved 'Southwell Paddy' service. This line closed to passengers in June 1959,[4] although the service beyond Southwell ended three decades earlier. The name also avoided confusion with Rolleston-on-Dove railway station on the line between Burton upon Trent and Egginton Junction.

Stationmasters
  • Edward Holmes ca. 1861
  • William Smedley ca. 1864
  • Thomas N. Found ca. 1871 - 1899
  • Thomas England 1899 - ca. 1914
  • William George Dudderidge 1918[5] - ca. 1936
  • H.J. Lane until 1947
  • F.W.E. Clarke from 1947[6] (formerly stationmaster at Widmerpool)

Services

Rolleston is on the Nottingham to Lincoln Line, its neighbouring stations being Newark Castle, around 4 miles east, and Fiskerton, around ¾ mile west. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway, who provide services to the station.

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; there are no retail facilities at this station.

References
  1. "Opening of the Nottingham and Lincoln Railway". Lincolnshire Chronicle. England. 7 August 1846. Retrieved 2 March 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. "Midland Railway". Sheffield Independent. England. 21 July 1860. Retrieved 31 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "Fearful Accident at Rolleston Junction". Nottingham Journal. England. 12 December 1874. Retrieved 31 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. The 150th anniversary of the coming of the railways to Newark was marked in 1996 Newark Advertiser article; retrieved 2009-04-22
  5. "Appointments". The Railway News. 110: 218. 1918. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  6. "Local Jottings". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 14 March 1947. Retrieved 31 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
East Midlands Railway
Nottingham-Lincoln Line
Disused railways
Terminus   Midland Railway
Rolleston Junction to Mansfield		   Southwell
Line and station closed

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