Saxilby railway station

Saxilby
Northern Rail Class 153 train at Saxilby
Location
Place	Saxilby
Local authority	West Lindsey, Lincolnshire
Coordinates	53°16′01″N 0°39′50″W / 53.267°N 0.664°W / 53.267; -0.664Coordinates: 53°16′01″N 0°39′50″W / 53.267°N 0.664°W / 53.267; -0.664
Grid reference	SK892752
Operations
Station code	SXY
Managed by	East Midlands Trains
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	47,926
2005/06	50,343
2006/07	55,128
2007/08	44,954
2008/09	48,966
2009/10	55,024
2010/11	54,100
2011/12	59,032
2012/13	55,916
2013/14	48,145
History
Key dates	Opened 9 April 1849 (9 April 1849)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Saxilby from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Saxilby railway station serves Saxilby in Lincolnshire, England. The station is 6 miles (10 km) west of Lincoln Central on the Sheffield-Lincoln line and the Doncaster-Lincoln Line. It was built by The Great Northern Railway and opened in 1849.

The station consists of two platforms, connected by a foot crossing over the line. The station house has now been converted for private use, with one section becoming a private dwelling and the other an office. The station is now unstaffed and all tickets must be purchased from the conductor on the train.

Minimal facilities are provided for passengers, with only a single waiting shelter on platform two. Live train information is available and is situated on platform 1.

During winter 2013, a footbridge connecting platforms was built to redirect commuters from the foot crossing. This opened in the summer 2014.

Services

Mondays to Saturdays there is generally an hourly service eastbound to Lincoln Central and westbound to Sheffield via Gainsborough Lea Road and Retford. Most of these continue northbound to Meadowhall, Doncaster and Adwick.^[1] There are also five trains per day direct to & from Doncaster.^[2] On Sundays there are four trains a day towards Lincoln and Sheffield.

Northern provide a majority of the services to the station, with only the infrequent Doncaster service provided by East Midlands Trains, who manage the station. The Northern franchise is due to transfer to a new operator Arriva Rail North from 1 April 2016, who have agreed to improve services on this route as part of the new franchise agreement. This will see weekday services run to/from Leeds via Barnsley and additional trains operate on Sundays.^[3]

References

External links

• Train times and station information for Saxilby railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Gainsborough Lea Road		East Midlands Trains Doncaster-Lincoln Line Mondays-Saturdays only		Lincoln Central
		Northern Sheffield-Lincoln Line
Historical railways
Stow Park Line open, station closed		Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway Lincolnshire Loop Line		Skellingthorpe Line open, station closed
Torksey Line and station closed		Great Central Railway Retford-Saxilby-Lincoln		Lincoln Central Line and station open

Doncaster to Lincoln Line
Legend
East Coast Main Line to London King's Cross │ to York Doncaster Bessacarr Halt Finningley Park Drain Axholme Joint Railway to Goole Haxey Junction Haxey and Epworth Misterton to Stockwith Goods Walkeringham Beckingham Sheffield to Lincoln Line to Sheffield West Trent Junction East Trent Junction Sheffield to Lincoln Line to Cleethorpes Gainsborough Lea Road Lea Stow Park Saxilby Skellingthorpe Nottingham to Lincoln Line Lincoln Central Sheffield to Lincoln Line to Cleethorpes Peterborough to Lincoln Line