Attenborough railway station
Attenborough 
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| Location | |
| Place | Attenborough |
| Local authority | Borough of Broxtowe |
| Coordinates | 52°54′24″N 1°13′50″W / 52.9067°N 1.2306°WCoordinates: 52°54′24″N 1°13′50″W / 52.9067°N 1.2306°W |
| Grid reference | SK518346 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | ATB |
| Managed by | East Midlands Trains |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 79,794 |
| 2012/13 |
89,938 |
| 2013/14 |
94,756 |
| 2014/15 |
0.113 million |
| 2015/16 |
 0.112 million |
| History | |
| 1 December 1856 | Station opens as Attenborough Gate |
| 1 November 1858 | Station closes |
| 1 September 1864 | Station reopens as Attenborough |
| 19 April 1937 | Station renamed Chilwell |
| 27 September 1937 | Station renamed Attenborough |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Attenborough from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Attenborough railway station serves Attenborough in Nottinghamshire, England.
Built as a halt known as Attenborough Gate in 1856 on the Midland Counties Railway line from Nottingham to Derby which had opened in 1839, the station opened next to a level crossing and tickets were bought from the crossing keeper.
The station on the present site was built by the Midland Railway and opened on 1 September 1864; the Gate suffix was dropped and the name became Attenborough.
Becoming part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, the station then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
During World War I the station had its platforms extended as it was used as an interchange for soldiers heading for Chetwynd Barracks.
In April 1937 the station was renamed Chilwell. However, this did not go down well with Attenborough locals who raised a petition which 235 local people signed. This resulted in a decision by the LMS to revert the name to Attenborough.
The signal box survived until at least 1982 but is now demolished.
When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Railways.
It is an unstaffed station, having lost its station buildings and staff in the early 1990s. Following a rebuild of the platforms in 2005 the station has no architectural remains from any earlier station except parts of the footbridge.
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