Spondon railway station

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Spondon

Location

Place

Spondon

Local authority

Derby

Operations

Station code

SPO

Managed by

East Midlands Trains

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2005/06 *

7,326

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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Spondon from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Spondon railway station serves Spondon in Derby, England.

Lying on the Derby - Nottingham line, the first station on the site was opened by the Midland Counties Railway (MCR) on 5 June 1839. The fifth station from Nottingham, it was kept by a Mr. Carter.

Trains to Spondon originally left from the north end of Derby station before turning east towards Nottingham. However, on 27 June 1867 the Midland Railway, successor to the MCR, opened a new route towards Nottingham (and London) which led from the south end of Derby station (so that Manchester – London trains would no longer have to reverse at Derby). The new route and the old joined immediately west of Spondon, which was to remain a junction station until 1969, when the original, more northerly, connection to Derby was closed as a through route.

Today, Spondon station is managed by East Midlands Trains, although the majority of trains serving it ae operated by CrossCountry, this being a consequence of how the operations of the previous franchise-holder, Central Trains, were divided between them. Trains operate from Spondon to Nottingham and Derby, with most of the latter continuing to Birmingham and beyond.

East Midlands Trains Mainline services from Leeds, Sheffield and London run through at high speed, but do not stop. Interchange with Mainline services can be made at Derby and Loughborough.

[edit] References

The Nottingham and Derby Railway Companion, (1839) Republished 1979 with Foreword by J.B.Radford, Derbyshire Record Society
Higginson, M, (1989) The Midland Counties Railway: A Pictorial Survey, Derby: Midland Railway Trust.

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Train times and station information for Spondon railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Derby		CrossCountry Cardiff Central to Nottingham Line		Long Eaton
Derby		East Midlands Trains Crewe-Nottingham		Long Eaton

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