Long Eaton  | |||||
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 The station building | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Long Eaton,Erewash, England | ||||
| Grid reference | SK481321 | ||||
| Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
| Managed by | East Midlands Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | LGE | ||||
| Classification | DfT category D | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 10 December 1888[1] | ||||
| Original company | Midland Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Midland Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1932 | RenamedSawley Junction for Long Eaton | ||||
| 1967 | RenamedLong Eaton | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.649 million | ||||
| Interchange | 9,148 | ||||
| 2020/21 |  0.143 million | ||||
| Interchange | 1,717 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.461 million | ||||
| Interchange | 6,811 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.475 million | ||||
| Interchange | 7,527 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.520 million | ||||
| Interchange | 8,315 | ||||
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Long Eaton railway station serves the town ofLong Eaton, inDerbyshire, England. It lies on theMidland Main Line and theDerby-Nottingham line, 120 miles 28 chains (193.7 km) north ofLondon St Pancras. The station is managed byEast Midlands Railway, which operates services withCrossCountry.
The line was opened by theMidland Counties Railway in 1839, which soon joined theNorth Midland Railway and theBirmingham and Derby Junction Railway to form theMidland Railway.
The station was designed by A.A. Langley, engineer to the Midland Railway, and opened asSawley Junction on 10 December 1888[1] on Tamworth Road.
From the 1920s until 1937, the station was managed by the station master at Trent Junction.[2]
In 1932, theLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway announced that Sawley Junction would be known asSawley Junction for Long Eaton.[3] In 1967, the station became known asLong Eaton.
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.[4]
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 avaliable for bicycles.[5]
The station is served by twotrain operating companies; the usual Monday–Saturday service pattern in trains per hour is as follows:
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.
TheMidland Main Line runs north–south through Long Eaton: north to Derby,Chesterfield and Sheffield; south toEast Midlands Parkway,Loughborough, 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 theCross Country Route.
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CrossCountry | ||||
| CrossCountry | ||||
| East Midlands Railway Midland Main Line | ||||
| East Midlands Railway Derwent Valley Line | ||||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Sawley Line open, station closed | Midland Railway Midland Main Line | Kegworth Line open, station closed | ||
| Midland Railway Midland Main Line | Trent Line open, station closed | |||
52°53′06″N1°17′14″W / 52.88500°N 1.28722°W /52.88500; -1.28722
