Ancaster railway station
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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| Location | Ancaster, South Kesteven England |
| Coordinates | 52.98772°N 0.53594°W |
| Grid reference | SK983443 |
| Managed by | East Midlands Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | ANC |
| Classification | DfT category F2 |
| History | |
| Opened | 16 June 1857 |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  7,356 |
| 2016/17 | 7,162 |
| 2017/18 | 6,572 |
| 2018/19 | 5,904 |
| 2019/20 | 5,006 |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
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, however 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
Opened 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
As of December 2015 there are four daily services in both directions which run to Skegness and Nottingham, with three services on a Saturday. There are no Sunday services. A Normal service operates on most Bank holidays.[1]
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Midlands Railway Poacher Line Mondays-Saturdays only | ||||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Honington | Great Northern Railway Boston, Sleaford and Midland Counties Railway |
Rauceby | ||
References
- "Table 19 Nottingham & Grantham to Skegness" (PDF). Network Rail. December 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- Butt, R. V. J. (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.
- 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
- Train times and station information for Ancaster railway station from National Rail
- Station on navigable O.S. map.