Long Eaton (MCR) railway station

Long Eaton (MCR)
Diesel-hauled empties passing the former Long Eaton Station in 1962
Location
Place	Long Eaton
Area	Borough of Erewash
Coordinates	52°53′28″N 1°15′25″W / 52.891°N 1.257°WCoordinates: 52°53′28″N 1°15′25″W / 52.891°N 1.257°W
Operations
Original company	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
History
4 June 1839	Station opened
6 September 1847	Renamed Long Eaton Junction new Long Eaton station opened
1 October 1851	Second station renamed Toton for Long Eaton
1 May 1862	Toton for Long Eaton renamed Long Eaton Long Eaton Junction closed
July 1863	Replaced by new station
2 January 1967	Station closed [1]
6 May 1968	Name taken by Sawley Junction
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The original Long Eaton railway station was built in 1839 for the Midland Counties Railway, which shortly joined the North Midland Railway and the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway to form the Midland Railway.^[2]

Situated on Meadow Lane, it was the second station from Nottingham. In 1847, a second station was opened on Nottingham Road on the newly built Erewash Valley Line.

The first station was closed in 1862 when the junctions were realigned and Trent railway station was built.

In 1863, the Nottingham Road station was replaced by yet another on Station Street, which remained in service until 1967.

Sawley Junction was renamed Long Eaton the year following the closure of the latter.

References

1. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
2. The Nottingham and Derby Railway Companion, (1839) Republished 1979 with Foreword by J.B.Radford, Derbyshire Record Society