Rolleston station is a stop on the

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. It is located around half a mile from the small village of Rolleston, one of the Trent-side villages near Southwell in

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. The station adjoins Southwell Racecourse.

History

The station was opened on 4 August 1846, with services running between and . The

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to was opened in 1847, but the

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suspended passenger services for a while during the 1850s; these were restored from 1 August 1860 as the Midland Railway saw demand for a planned new line through Southwell to . On Saturday 5 December 1874, John Bradwell, senior

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, stopped on the foot crossing. As he was very deaf, he did not hear an approaching train which knocked him down. The stationmaster arranged for him to be taken by train to

Newark-on-Trent Newark-on-Trent () or Newark is a market town and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district in Nottinghamshire, England. It is on the River Trent, and was historically a major inland port. The A1 road (Great Britain), A1 road bypasses th ...

but, just as the local surgeon arrived at station, the victim had died from his injuries. The inquest recommended that a footbridge be installed. 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 ''Southwell Paddy'' service. This line closed to passengers in June 1959, although the service beyond Southwell had ended three decades earlier. The name also avoided confusion with Rolleston-on-Dove railway station on the line between and Egginton Junction.

Stationmasters

*Edward Holmes until 1862 *J. Hey 1862–1864 *J.W. Jones 1864 *William Smedley *Thomas Norris Found 1871–1899 *Thomas England 1899 *William George Dudderidge 1918–1936 (formerly stationmaster at Yeadon, Yorkshire; from 1925 also stationmaster at Fiskerton; from 1932 also stationmaster at Bleasby) *Arnold Foster 1936–1942 *H.J. Lane until 1947 *F.W.E. Clarke from 1947 (formerly stationmaster at Widmerpool) *W.J. Smith

Facilities

Rolleston is on the

; its neighbouring stations are Newark Castle, around 4 miles east, and Fiskerton, around mile west. The station is owned by

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and managed by

East Midlands Railway East Midlands Railway (EMR; legally Transport UK East Midlands Limited) is a British train operating company owned by Transport UK Group, and is the current operator of the East Midlands franchise. Originally owned by Abellio (transport compan ...

, 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 can be purchased from the

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on the train at no extra cost, as there are no retail facilities at this station.

Services

All services at Rolleston are operated by

. The typical off-peak service is: * 1 train every 2 hours to via * 1 train every 2 hours to The station is also served by a small number of trains between , Nottingham, and . There is also a two-hourly service on Sundays: trains run between Nottingham, Lincoln and Grimsby with no service to Crewe.

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