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
General information
Location	Rolleston, Newark and Sherwood England
Grid reference	SK737525
Managed by	East Midlands Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	ROL
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	1846
Passengers
2016/17	5,532
2017/18	6,410
2018/19	6,608
2019/20	5,408
2020/21	1,118
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 until 1862[5]
• J. Hey 1862 - 1864[5]
• J.W. Jones 1864[5]
• William Smedley ca. 1864
• Thomas Norris Found 1871 - 1899[6]
• Thomas England 1899 - ca. 1914
• William George Dudderidge 1918[7] - 1936 (formerly station master at Yeadon, Yorkshire, from 1925 also station master at Fiskerton, from 1932 also station master at Bleasby)
• Arnold Foster 1936 - 1942
• H.J. Lane until 1947
• F.W.E. Clarke from 1947[8] (formerly stationmaster at Widmerpool)
• W.J. Smith ca. 1954

Facilities

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 can be purchased from the guard on the train at no extra cost as there are no retail facilities at this station.[9]

Services

All services at Rolleston are operated by East Midlands Railway.

The typical off-peak service is:[10][11]

• 1 train every 2 hours to Crewe via Nottingham
• 1 train every 2 hours to Newark Castle

The station is also served by a small number of trains between Leicester, Nottingham, Lincoln and Grimsby Town.

There is also a two-hourly service on Sundays although trains run between Nottingham, Lincoln and Grimsby with no service to Crewe.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Fiskerton		East Midlands Railway Nottingham to Lincoln Line		Newark Castle
	Disused railways
Terminus		Midland Railway Rolleston Junction to Mansfield		Southwell Line and station closed

References

External links

• Train times and station information for Rolleston railway station from National Rail