Kirton Lindsey railway station

Kirton Lindsey railway station serves the town of Kirton in Lindsey in North Lincolnshire, 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.

Kirton Lindsey
Kirton Lindsey station platform looking NE towards Kirton Tunnel and Brigg
LocationKirton in Lindsey, North Lincolnshire
England
Coordinates53.485°N 0.594°W / 53.485; -0.594
Grid referenceSK933996
Managed byNorthern Trains
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeKTL
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Opened1849
Passengers
2015/16 200
2016/17 358
2017/18 290
2018/19 190
2019/20 272
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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
Northern Trains
Sheffield-Cleethorpes
Saturday only
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 (4 June 2007). "Passengers Urged To Show Support". Scunthorpe Telegraph. p. 14. Retrieved 5 June 2007.
  4. British Railways Atlas.1947. p.22
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