Alfreton railway station 3.66

Alfreton railway station serves the town of Alfreton in Derbyshire, England. The station is on the Erewash Valley Line 18+1/4mi north of Nottingham.As of late 2009 Alfreton is a Penalty fare station when travelling on East Midlands Trains services.HistoryOpened by the Midland Railway as Alfreton on 1 May 1862, the station was renamed Alfreton and South Normanton on 7 November 1891. It became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The British Railways Board closed the station to passengers on 2 January 1967 (due to the Beeching Axe) and subsequently demolished the platforms and buildings.When the station reopened on 7 May 1973, it was given the name Alfreton and Mansfield Parkway, as the nearby town of Mansfield in Nottinghamshire did not have a railway station of its own (in fact, it was then the largest town in Britain without one). Following the reopening of the Robin Hood Line in 1995, Mansfield regained its own station and Alfreton station reverted to its original name, although there are still some road signs showing the 'Parkway' name.