Ancaster railway station serves the village of Ancaster in Lincolnshire, England. The station is 11.5 miles (19 km) north of Grantham on the Nottingham to Skegness Line.
Ancaster  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Ancaster, South Kesteven England | ||||
| Coordinates | 52°59′16″N 0°32′09″W / 52.98772°N 0.53594°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SK983443 | ||||
| Managed by | East Midlands Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | ANC | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 16 June 1857 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  5,904 | ||||
| 2019/20 | 5,006 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 1,798 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  6,160 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 7,548 | ||||
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The station is now owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway, who provide all rail services.
It still has a working signal box at west end of the station but is regarded as unstaffed and offers limited facilities other than two shelters, bicycle storage, timetables and modern help points. The full range of tickets for travel are purchased from the guard on the train at no extra cost, there are no retail facilities at this station.
History
editOpened by the Boston, Sleaford and Midland Counties Railway, then run by the Great Northern Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Railways.
Services
editEast Midlands Railway operate four services in each direction. They run to Skegness and to Nottingham. A normal service operates on most bank holidays. There are no Sunday services.[1]
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| East Midlands Railway Mondays-Saturdays only | ||||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Honington | Great Northern Railway Boston, Sleaford and Midland Counties Railway |
Rauceby | ||
References
edit- ^ "EMR Regional Timetable | Nottingham to Skegness". East Midlands Railway. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
External links
edit- Train times and station information for Ancaster railway station from National Rail
- Station on navigable O.S. map.