Market Rasen railway station

Market Rasen railway station serves the market 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°23′02″N 0°20′13″W / 53.384°N 0.337°W / 53.384; -0.337
Grid referenceTF107887
Managed byEast Midlands Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeMKR
ClassificationDfT category F1
Passengers
2018/19Increase 69,840
2019/20Decrease 69,008
2020/21Decrease 14,846
2021/22Increase 51,298
2022/23Increase 55,980
Listed Building – Grade II
FeatureRailway Station
Designated16 May 1984
Reference no.1359780[1]
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

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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

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The station in the Up direction. 19 August 2011.

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 Following station
Lincoln   East Midlands Railway
  Barnetby
Disused railways
Great Central Railway

References

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ Table 27 National Rail timetable, June 2024
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