Kirton Lindsey railway station

Kirton Lindsey
Kirton Lindsey station platform looking NE towards Kirton Tunnel and Brigg
Location
Place	Kirton-in-Lindsey
Local authority	North Lincolnshire
Coordinates	53°29′06″N 0°35′38″W / 53.485°N 0.594°WCoordinates: 53°29′06″N 0°35′38″W / 53.485°N 0.594°W
Grid reference	SK933996
Operations
Station code	KTL
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	163
2005/06	137
2006/07	168
2007/08	126
2008/09	88
2009/10	220
2010/11	224
2011/12	210
2012/13	186
2013/14	120
History
Key dates	Opened 1849
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kirton Lindsey from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Kirton Lindsey railway station serves the town of Kirton Lindsey in North Lincolnshire, England. The station was opened in 1849 on the former main line of the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway which became part of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway.

The station was built with two flanking platforms with the main station building on the Sheffield-bound side at the top of a long approach road. The Grimsby-bound platform had a simple waiting shelter and the platforms were linked by a latticed footbridge. The footbridge and Grimsby bound platform have since been removed and the route reduced to a single track at this point.

Service

It is served by only three passenger trains (in each direction) on Saturdays only between Sheffield and Cleethorpes.^[1] Weekday services have not called here since October 1993, when British Rail withdrew them at the end of the summer timetable that year.^[2]

The local council, however, is campaigning to increase this to an hourly service in each direction.^[3]

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Gainsborough Central		Northern Rail Sheffield-Cleethorpes Saturday only		Brigg
	Disused railways
Northorpe		Great Central Railway		Scawby[4]

References

1. GB National Rail Timetable 2014-15, Table 30
2. GB NRT October 1993 Edition, Table 29
3. Fisher, Nigel (2007-06-04). "Passengers Urged To Show Support". Scunthorpe Telegraph. p. 14. Retrieved 2007-06-05.
4. British Railways Atlas.1947. p.22

External links

• Timetable for train services on Northern Rail's website

• Train times and station information for Kirton Lindsey railway station from National Rail