Beeston railway station is a Grade II listed railway station on the Midland Main Line which serves the town of Beeston in Nottinghamshire, England. It lies south-west of Nottingham railway station, and south-east of Beeston transport interchange for local buses and Nottingham Express Transit trams. The station is managed by East Midlands Railway. Description Beeston station is on the Midland Main Line, from London, on the spur towards . There are two platforms: platform 1 to the north for trains towards and and platform 2 to the south for trains towards , , Birmingham and . The platforms may be accessed either by steps from the Station Road bridge or by short ramps from Station Road for Platform 1 or Technology Drive for Platform 2. Services Services at Beeston are provided by East Midlands Railway and CrossCountry, with the former providing most services and managing the station. There are usually 4 trains per hour from each direction. Two East Midlands Railway running between London and Nottingham go through Beeston, one of which (via , , , , , and ) calls in each direction, as do the Leicester- via and the /Nottingham- via services. The hourly CrossCountry Nottingham- via Derby service also stops here, along with a few through trains to/from . There is also a single daily direct CrossCountry southbound only service to via Derby, Birmingham New Street and . Facilities Passenger numbers using the station have risen substantially in recent years, facilities include: a ticket office and ticket vending machines, a café, bicycle racks, car parking and taxi rank. The Derby-Nottingham section of Route 6 of the National Cycle Network passes by the station and provides a traffic free cycle route to the University of Nottingham. Network Rail have a long-term aspiration to extend both platforms by up to 69 metres. East Midlands railway have a long-term aspiration to provide lifts at Beeston railway station. History The station was built in 1839 for the Midland Counties Railway. Services began on 4 June 1839. In 1844 the Midland Counties Railway joined with the North Midland Railway and the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway to form the Midland Railway. The first station from Nottingham, at the time it was very popular with people from the city who wished to spend a day in the countryside, desiring "fresh air and recreation". The original station building, which was little more than a