Elton and Orston railway station
Elton and Orston 
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| Location | |
| Place | Elton |
| Local authority | Rushcliffe |
| Grid reference | SK770400 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | ELO |
| 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 |
 72 |
| 2012/13 |
 72 |
| 2013/14 |
 166 |
| 2014/15 |
88 |
| 2015/16 |
296 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 15 July 1850 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Elton and Orston from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Elton and Orston (formerly Elton) railway station serves the villages of Elton and Orston in Nottinghamshire, England. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains (EMT) train operating company, which also provides the rail services. The station is unstaffed and offers limited facilities other than two shelters, bicycle storage, timetables and modern "Help Points". The full range of tickets for travel are purchased from the guard on the train at no extra cost. There are no retail facilities at this station.
The station is located on the line first opened by the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway. Passenger services began on 15 July 1850. The line was taken over by the Great Northern Railway. The station building was opened as "Elton" by the Great Northern Railway in 1855. The station buildings were designed by Thomas Chambers Hine. Images such as NTGM016291 on Picture the Past show how the station looked in 1967. No station buildings by Hine survived by 2008. There is a small 1980s brick-built shelter on one platform. The name of the station was still plain "Elton" in 1904.
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