Market Rasen railway station

Market Rasen railway station serves the town of Market Rasen in Lincolnshire, England.

Market Rasen
Market Rasen railway station in 2003
LocationMarket Rasen, West Lindsey
England
Coordinates53.384°N 0.337°W / 53.384; -0.337
Grid referenceTF107887
Managed byEast Midlands Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeMKR
ClassificationDfT category F1
Passengers
2015/16 62,908
2016/17 66,398
2017/18 64,264
2018/19 69,840
2019/20 69,008
Listed Building – Grade II
FeatureRailway Station
Designated16 May 1984
Reference no.1359780[1]
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

It was built by the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway, with the opening of the line, in 1848.[2] 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. The station buildings are Grade II listed.[1]

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 Railway.

Services

Monday to Saturdays there is generally a train every two hours towards Lincoln Central and Newark North Gate westbound and Grimsby Town eastbound.[3]

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

Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
East Midlands Railway
Newark-Grimsby
Disused railways
Wickenby   Great Central Railway   Claxby
The station in the Up direction. 19 August 2011.

References
  1. Historic England, "Railway Station (1359780)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 3 March 2017
  2. Cobb, M H (2003). Railway Atlas of Great Britain. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 364. ISBN 0711030030.
  3. GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Table 27 (Network Rail)
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