Thurgarton railway station
railway station in Thurgarton, Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Thurgarton railway station is a Grade II listed station which serves the small village of Thurgarton in Nottinghamshire, England.
History
It is on the Nottingham to Lincoln Line, which was engineered by George Stephenson and opened by the Midland Railway on 3 August 1846. The contractors for the line were Craven and Son of Newark and Nottingham; the station buildings are in the neo-Tudor style and were probably designed by Thomas Chambers Hine.
At the station much of the original décor remains apart from the electric barriers added later.
Stationmasters
Facilities
The station is unstaffed and offers limited facilities other than two shelters, 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 ticket issuing facilities at this station.
Services
All services at Thurgarton are operated by East Midlands Railway.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2333610. Authority coordinates are 53.029, -0.962. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1846.
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