Sutton Parkway railway station
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Sutton Parkway railway station serves the town of Sutton-in-Ashfield
Sutton-in-Ashfield
Sutton-in-Ashfield is a market town in the Ashfield district of Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of around 43,000. It is situated four miles west of Mansfield, close to the Derbyshire border.-Geography:...

 in Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...

, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. The station is 23 km (14.3 mi) north of Nottingham on the Robin Hood Line
Robin Hood Line
The Robin Hood Line is a railway line running from Nottingham to Worksop, Nottinghamshire. The stations between Shirebrook and Whitwell are in Derbyshire.The towns and villages served by the route are listed below:*Nottingham*Bulwell*Hucknall...

.

Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes there is generally a half-hourly service from Sutton Parkway to southbound to Nottingham. There are two trains per hour northbound, one terminating at Mansfield Woodhouse
Mansfield Woodhouse railway station
Mansfield Woodhouse railway station serves the town of Mansfield Woodhouse which adjoins the larger town of Mansfield. They are located in Nottinghamshire, England.The station on the Robin Hood Line between Nottingham and Worksop.-Services:...

 and the other at Worksop
Worksop
Worksop is the largest town in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England on the River Ryton at the northern edge of Sherwood Forest. It is about east-south-east of the City of Sheffield and its population is estimated to be 39,800...

. Evenings hourly in each direction and an hourly service in both directions on Sundays, with only four of which continue to Worksop. From 12 July the first service in the morning and the last service back on a Sunday will be extended to Skegness
Skegness
Skegness is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. Located on the Lincolnshire coast of the North Sea, east of the city of Lincoln it has a total resident population of 18,910....

, providing the opportunity for a day out in Skegness by rail.

Facilities

Access to the platforms is at street level with car parks located on both sides of the platforms given excellent access for the disabled.

There are no toilet facilities on this station.

Local Transport Connections

The station is located more than 2 miles (3.2 km) from the centre of town and is generally used as a park and ride station. There is only an hourly bus service operating outside the station by Trent Barton to the local area. If you wish to complete your journey by bus it is strongly recommended that you use Kirkby-in-Ashfield railway station
Kirkby-in-Ashfield railway station
Kirkby-in-Ashfield railway station serves the town of Kirkby-in-Ashfield in Nottinghamshire, England. The station is on the Robin Hood Line operated by East Midlands Trains between Nottingham and Worksop .-History:...

 and use the connecting bus services by Trent Barton
Trent Barton
Trent Barton is one of the very small number of significant independent bus operators in the United Kingdom. It was formed as the result of merging Derbyshire's Trent Buses with Nottinghamshire's Barton Transport....

to Sutton-in-Ashfield.

There is no taxi rank at this station

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