Market Rasen railway station

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

Market Rasen
National Rail
Market Rasen railway station in 2003
General information
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
2017/18Decrease 64,264
2018/19Increase 69,840
2019/20Decrease 69,008
2020/21Decrease 14,846
2021/22Increase 51,298
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
The station in the Up direction. 19 August 2011.

All services at Market Rasen are operated by East Midlands Railway using Class 156, 158 and 170 DMUs.[3]

As of May 2021, the typical off-peak service is one train every two hours between Grimsby Town and Leicester via Lincoln and Nottingham. There is also one train per day that continues to and from Cleethorpes, increasing to three trains per day on a Saturday.[4][5]

On Sundays, there is a limited summer service of three trains per day between Nottingham and Cleethorpes with no service during the winter months.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
East Midlands Railway
Disused railways
Great Central Railway

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. "EMR Regional Fleet". East Midlands Railway. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  4. Table 27 National Rail timetable, May 2021
  5. "May 2021 Timetable Changes: Market Rasen". East Midlands Railway. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
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