Market Rasen railway station

Market Rasen
Market Rasen railway station in 2003
Location
Place	Market Rasen
Local authority	West Lindsey
Coordinates	53°23′02″N 0°20′13″W / 53.384°N 0.337°WCoordinates: 53°23′02″N 0°20′13″W / 53.384°N 0.337°W
Grid reference	TF107887
Operations
Station code	MKR
Managed by	East Midlands Trains
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	57,746
2011/12	59,428
2012/13	61,092
2013/14	60,572
2014/15	60,486
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Market Rasen from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Market Rasen railway station serves the town of Market Rasen in Lincolnshire, England. It was built by the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway, with the opening of the line, in 1848.^[1] The station was a substantial structure with an overall roof below which all the usual station facilities could be found including a W. H. Smith bookstall. It is the only station now between Lincoln and Barnetby, but in the past there were many more (these mainly succumbed to the Beeching Axe in 1965). The signal box which was at the south end of the Lincoln platform was removed to Great Central Railway (heritage railway) at Quorn and re-erected in 1987.

Nowadays it is on the "Grimsby - Lincoln - Newark" line and is managed by East Midlands Trains.

Services

Monday to Saturdays there is generally a train every two hours towards Lincoln Central and Newark North Gate westbound and Grimsby Town eastbound.^[2]

There is a limited (three trains per day each way) Sunday service between May & September only - no service during the winter months.

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Lincoln Central		East Midlands Trains Newark-Grimsby		Barnetby
	Disused railways
Wickenby		Great Central Railway		Claxby

The station in the Up direction. 19 August 2011.

References

1. Cobb, M H (2003). Railway Atlas of Great Britain. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 364. ISBN 0711030030.
2. GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Table 27 (Network Rail)

External links

• Train times and station information for Market Rasen railway station from National Rail