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Location notes
Alfreton station is situated away from the town centre in a beautiful landscape area. It is around 20 minutes away from Chesterfield or 25 minutes from Mansfield. The station is a two-platform country station situated on the Midland Main Line and the Central Trains routes between Nottingham and Chesterfield.
Railway type and traffic
You will see Midland mainline HSTs two in the morning services to London and on return you will see two return to Sheffield in the evening, these could be either Meridians or HSTs and Central train use there 170 Turbo stars (the odd occasion 158s) both north and south.
You will see a plentiful amount of freight ranging from DB Schenker and Freightliner 60s and 66s. Just lately a number of engineering trains off to Toton Bank.
You will see a plentiful amount of freight ranging from DB Schenker and Freightliner 60s and 66s. Just lately a number of engineering trains off to Toton Bank.
Environment
The station is situated in a very quite area lots of fields with wildlife around, plus an industrial site which, oddly enough, is quite. The people around seem to be friendly enough.
Road directions
The station is well signposted from both directions off the A38 and also from the town centre of Alfreton.
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Alfreton Station map co-ordinates
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Alfreton Station map co-ordinates
Parking
There is a car park and there is no shortages of spaces but the Town council have now placed a pay meter for how long you stay. People park in the town and walk down which is about 3 minutes or so.
Public transport
There is a bus service with four or five buses an hour passing the station 91, 92, 93 in both directions from Alfreton Town centre and also from Mansfield. Plenty of taxis around too.
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Amenities
There are toilets on platform 1. There is a sandwich bar and chip shop a few minutes away towards the town centre plus a general store and post office. There is a beautiful Garden centre (Carnfield Hall) a minutes walk over the road bridge towards South Normanton.
Accommodation
Forte Travelodge in Alfreton on the A38 roundabout. There is a Travel Inn on the M1 J28 Roundabout at South Normanton both in between the Station and both offer cheap prices.
There are many Bed and Breakfasts in the town centre of Alfreton too.
There are many Bed and Breakfasts in the town centre of Alfreton too.
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Alfreton Station
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Alfreton Station
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Photographic notes
When your there you have a fair shot of all traffic in both directions, for both camera and camcorder footage. There are no shaded areas so when the sun is out you get good light. You can get shots in both directions on both platforms even standing on the footbridge at different levels to suit personal preferences.
General views - All photographs © Robert Hancock unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking south
Fig 2 - Looking north
Fig 3 - Looking north
Fig 4 - Looking south
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This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
