Long Eaton railway station
Long Eaton 
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The station building
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| Location | |
| Place | Long Eaton, Derbyshire |
| Local authority | Borough of Erewash |
| Grid reference | SK481321 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | LGE |
| Managed by | East Midlands Trains |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | D |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.587 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.585 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.628 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.687 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.660 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1888 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Long Eaton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Long Eaton railway station (originally Sawley Junction pre 1968) serves the town of Long Eaton in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the Midland Main Line and the Derby - Nottingham line 7.5 miles (12 km) south east of Derby. The station is managed by East Midlands Trains although CrossCountry also operate some services.
The line was originally opened by the Midland Counties Railway in 1839, which shortly joined the North Midland Railway and the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway to form the Midland Railway.
Originally Sawley Junction, Long Eaton is the fourth station of that name. The original Long Eaton stations were further north.
The first Sawley station was a mile out of the village on Sawley Lane, Breaston. First used in 1839, when the line opened, it was the third station from Nottingham. It was originally called Breaston, but the name was changed to avoid confusion with Beeston.
This station at Sawley Junction opened in 1888 on Tamworth Road. Since another station had been opened not far away at Draycott in 1852, the original Sawley closed in 1930.
On 9 October 1869 a Midland Railway passenger train was involved in a rear end collision with another train at Long Eaton Junction resulting in seven deaths and another twelve more injured. The investigation blamed fog, inadequate brake power, excessive speed, fogman error for the cause of the collision.
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