Long Eaton is a stop on the Midland Main Line in Derbyshire between Spondon and Attenboroughand is the fourth station to have this name.
An XC 170 departs for Nottingham
Information
Type:
National Rail
(Midland Main Line)
Station code:
LGE
Opened:
1888
Platforms:
2
The original Long Eaton station was opened by the Midland Counties Railway in 1839. This station was replaced by one called Trent in 1862, this station closed in 1968. A second Long Eaton station was opened on the Erewash Valley Line in 1847, which was in turn replaced by another station in 1863.
A station called Sawley Junction was opened in 1888. When the third generation Long Eaton station was closed in 1967, Sawley Junction (which from 1933 was called Sawley Junction for Long Eaton) was renamed Long Eaton the following year [1]. This is the station which is still in use now.
The station is an elevated section of track with ramps and lifts down from each platform to street level. At street level there is ticket office. The station is served by East Midlands Railway (who manage the station) and Cross Country.
XC 170 108 departs
View down the platform towards Nottingham
An EMR Meriden arrives
Road level station building
View down the platform towards Derby
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Nottingham - Long Eaton - Derby (Middleton Press, 2020) Fig. 61
