Retford railway station
Retford 
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The station building at Retford
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| Location | |
| Place | Retford |
| Local authority | District of Bassetlaw |
| Coordinates | 53°18′54″N 0°56′53″W / 53.315°N 0.948°WCoordinates: 53°18′54″N 0°56′53″W / 53.315°N 0.948°W |
| Grid reference | SK701803 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | RET |
| Managed by | Virgin Trains East Coast |
| Owned by | Network Rail |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| DfT category | C2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.409 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.418 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.431 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.456 million |
| – Interchange | 107,981 |
| 2015/16 |
0.484 million |
| – Interchange |
112,823 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1849 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Retford from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Retford railway station serves the town of Retford in Nottinghamshire, England and is 138 1⁄2 miles (222.9 km) north of London Kings Cross on the East Coast Main Line. It is also 23 1⁄2 miles (37.8 km) south east of Sheffield on the Sheffield to Lincoln Line.
It has four platforms, two of which serve the East Coast Main Line while two located at a lower level and at right angles to the first pair serve the Sheffield to Lincoln Line.
The first railway into Retford was the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway which opened on 16 July 1849 on their line between Sheffield (Bridgehouses) and Gainsborough. The Great Northern Railway line from Doncaster arrived on 4 September 1849 crossing the S&LJR on the level. It used the latter's station until its own was completed (on the site of today's higher-level platforms) on 1 August 1852. On 1 July 1859, the S&LJR (now the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway) began using the GNR station via a short connecting curve, and closed its original station.
The higher-level platforms (numbered 1 and 2) respectively serve southbound and northbound East Coast Main Line trains calling at Retford. Platform 1 (on the eastern side of the layout) adjoins the main station building. Between the two platforms tracks there are two further lines, used by fast trains not booked to call here.
Prior to the remodelling of the station, the two lines crossed at a flat crossing with a curve connecting the northern and eastern tracks, allowing trains on the Sheffield-Gainsborough line to call at the station. There were two northbound platforms - platform 2 (now closed) was on the eastern side of an island platform and platform 3 on the opposite side (still in use, now renumbered 2). Platform 1 handled southbound and eastbound trains. In addition, there was a single southbound line which passed in between platforms 1 and 2, rather than the two lines in place today. To relieve congestion on platform 1, there was a timber-built extension on the south curve (platform 1A) to allow Lincoln-bound trains to clear platform 1 proper.
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