Ancaster | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Ancaster, South Kesteven England | ||||
| Coordinates | 52°59′16″N 0°32′09″W / 52.98772°N 0.53594°W / 52.98772; -0.53594 | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| 2019/20 |  5,006 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 1,798 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  6,160 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 7,548 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 5,484 | ||||
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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.
The station is now owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway, who provide all rail services.
There is a working signal box at the west end of the station, but the station itself is 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 as there are no retail facilities or ticket machines 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
East Midlands Railway operate four services in each direction. They run to Skegness and to Nottingham. A normal service operates on most bank holidays. There is no Sunday service.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Grantham | East Midlands RailwayPoacher LineMondays-Saturdays only | Rauceby | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Honington | Great Northern Railway Boston, Sleaford and Midland Counties Railway |
Rauceby | ||
References
- "EMR Regional Timetable | Nottingham to Skegness". East Midlands Railway. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
- 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.
| Railway stations in Lincolnshire | |||
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| Barton line | |||
| Birmingham–Peterborough line | |||
| Doncaster–Lincoln line | |||
| Newark–Grimsby line | |||
| Nottingham–Grantham line |
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| Nottingham–Lincoln line | |||
| Peterborough–Lincoln line | |||
| Poacher Line | |||
| South Humberside Main Line |
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| Sheffield–Lincoln line |
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| Lincolnshire Wolds Railway |
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