Market Rasen railway station serves the market town of Market Rasen in Lincolnshire, England.
Market Rasen  | |||||
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 Market Rasen railway station in 2003 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Market Rasen, West Lindsey England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°23′02″N 0°20′13″W / 53.384°N 0.337°W | ||||
| Grid reference | TF107887 | ||||
| Managed by | East Midlands Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | MKR | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  69,840 | ||||
| 2019/20 |  69,008 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 14,846 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 51,298 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 55,980 | ||||
Listed Building – Grade II | |||||
| Feature | Railway Station | ||||
| Designated | 16 May 1984 | ||||
| Reference no. | 1359780[1] | ||||
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History
editIt 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
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All services at Market Rasen are operated by East Midlands Railway.
The typical off-peak service is one train every two hours in each direction between Grimsby Town and Leicester via Lincoln and Nottingham. A number of late evening services continue beyond Grimsby Town to and from Cleethorpes.[3]
On Sundays, the station is served by three trains per day in each direction between Cleethorpes and Nottingham during the summer months only. No services call at the station on Sundays during the winter months.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Lincoln | East Midlands Railway |
Barnetby | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Great Central Railway | ||||
References
edit- ^ a b Historic England, "Railway Station (1359780)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 3 March 2017
- ^ Cobb, M. H. (2003). Railway Atlas of Great Britain. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 364. ISBN 0711030030.
- ^ Table 27 National Rail timetable, June 2024
External links
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- Train times and station information for Market Rasen railway station from National Rail