Elton and Orston (formerly Elton) railway station serves the villages of Elton on the Hill and Orston in Nottinghamshire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway, but now provides minimal rail services.

Elton and Orston
General information
Location	Elton on the Hill, Rushcliffe England
Grid reference	SK770400
Managed by	East Midlands Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	ELO
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	15 July 1850
Original company	Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Passengers
2016/17	128
2017/18	138
2018/19	164
2019/20	68
2020/21	12
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The station lies on the line first opened by the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway. Passenger services began on 15 July 1850.[1] The line was taken over by the Great Northern Railway[2] in 1855. The master's lodge and ticket office building was designed by Thomas Chambers Hine.

From 7 January 1963 passenger steam trains between Grantham, Bottesford, Elton and Orston, Aslockton, Bingham, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Netherfield and Colwick, Nottingham London-road (High Level) and Nottingham (Victoria) were replaced by diesel multiple-unit trains.[3]

Images[4] show how the station looked in 1967. No station buildings by Hine survived by 2008. There is a small 1980s brick-built shelter on one platform. The name of the station was still plain "Elton" in 1904.

Stationmasters

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Aslockton		East Midlands Railway Nottingham-Grantham Line Mondays-Saturdays only		Bottesford
	Historical railways
Aslockton Line and station open		Great Northern Railway Nottingham to Grantham		Bottesford Line and station open
Aslockton Line and station open		Great Northern Railway Nottingham to Newark		Cotham Line and station closed

Services

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 can be purchased from the inspector on the train at no extra cost. There are no retail facilities at the station.

There is one service to Nottingham per day at 06:25 and one service to Skegness per day at 17:10. There is no Sunday service. The service operates on most bank holidays.[11]

The 2019/2020 statistics show only 68 recorded journeys to and from Elton and Orston and it was the second least used station in the country behind Berney Arms.[12] It was Nottinghamshire's least used station and is one stop down the line from Leicestershire's least used station, Bottesford.[13]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Elton and Orston railway station.

External links

• Train times and /details.html station information for Elton and Orston railway station from National Rail
• Web page about the station