page_title: Bingham railway station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Bingham railway station / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Bingham Station. View eastwards, towards Grantham; Nottingham - Grantham secondary main line.
context_page_description: Bingham railway station serves the market town of Bingham, Nottinghamshire, England. The station is 8½ miles east of Nottingham on the Nottingham-Skegness Line. The station is operated and served by East Midlands Railway.
context_section_description: Passenger services started on 15 July 1850. It is located on the line first opened by the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway and taken over by the Great Northern Railway. The buildings were designed by Thomas Chambers Hine.
  In 1851 the first station master, Thomas Hand, absconded with 5 days' takings from passengers travelling to the Nottingham Fair.
  Between 1879 and 1953, Bingham was also served by Bingham Road station on the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway. This station was used by London and North Western Railway Nottingham to Northampton services.
caption: Bingham station on 13 July 1963
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