Attenborough  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Attenborough,Broxtowe England | ||||
| Coordinates | 52°54′24″N1°13′50″W / 52.9067°N 1.2306°W /52.9067; -1.2306 | ||||
| Grid reference | SK518346 | ||||
| Managed by | East Midlands Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | ATB | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 December 1856 | Opened asAttenborough Gate | ||||
| 1 November 1858 | Closed | ||||
| 1 September 1864 | Re-opened asAttenborough | ||||
| 19 April 1937 | RenamedChilwell | ||||
| 27 September 1937 | RenamedAttenborough | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.107 million | ||||
| 2020/21 |  17,586 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 46,934 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 52,704 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 68,916 | ||||
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Attenborough railway station (originallyAttenborough Gate and briefly known asChilwell) serves the village ofAttenborough inNottinghamshire, England. It is sited on a spur of theMidland Main Line betweenEast Midlands Parkway andNottingham. The station is managed byEast Midlands Railway.[1]
The station was built as a halt in 1856, known as Attenborough Gate, on theMidland Counties Railway line fromNottingham toDerby, which had opened in 1839. It was sited next to alevel crossing and tickets were bought from the crossing keeper.[citation needed]
The station was built on its present site by theMidland Railway and opened on 1 September 1864;[2] the "Gate" suffix was dropped and the name became Attenborough.
Becoming part of theLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway during theGrouping of 1923, the station then passed on to theLondon Midland Region of British Railways onnationalisation in 1948.
DuringWorld War I, the station had its platforms extended[citation needed] as it was used as an interchange for soldiers and workers heading forNational Shell Filling Factory No. 6 atChilwell.
In April 1937, the station was renamed Chilwell; however, this did not go down well with Attenborough locals who raised a petition, which 235 local people signed.[3] This resulted in a decision by the LMS to revert the name to Attenborough.[4]
The signal box survived until at least 1982 but has since been demolished.
Whensectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served byRegional Railways until theprivatisation of British Rail.
It is an unstaffed station, having lost its station buildings and staff in the early 1990s. Following a rebuild of the platforms in 2005, the station has no architectural remains from any earlier station except for parts of the footbridge.
The footbridge was replaced in 2007, receiving a new steel deck and stairways. The blue brick towers, which support the bridge, were retained.
East Midlands Railway operate the following services that stop here:[5]
Interchange with EMR'sinter-city services can be made at Derby and Nottingham; trains between Nottingham andLondon St Pancras pass through Attenborough but do not stop.
CrossCountry operate a small number of stopping services, in the early morning and late evening, on the route between Nottingham,Birmingham New Street andCardiff Central.[6]
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| CrossCountry | ||||
| East Midlands Railway Leicester-Lincoln | ||||
| East Midlands Railway Nottingham-Matlock |
