Scunthorpe railway station

Scunthorpe
Location
Place	Scunthorpe
Local authority	North Lincolnshire
Coordinates	53.58618°N 0.65100°W / 53.58618; -0.65100
Grid reference	SE893108
Operations
Station code	SCU
Managed by	First TransPennine Express
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	292,921
2005/06 *	311,329
2006/07 *	341,401
2007/08 *	370,673
2008/09 *	377,308
2009/10 *	322,882
History
Opened 1926 (1926)
National Rail - UK railway stations
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Scunthorpe from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Scunthorpe railway station serves the town of Scunthorpe in North Lincolnshire, England. The station is located a short walk from the town centre, on Station Road.

As one approachs the station by road, there is a pay and display car park with around 50 spaces, including 2 disabled spaces. From the car park, it is a short walk to the Ticket Office, which is open between 05:45-19:30, Monday-Saturday, and 08:45-19:30 Sunday. Close to the entrance, there is a public telephone box.

The station has two platforms. Platform 1 serves mainly eastbound trains toward Grimsby/Cleethorpes, although some Northern Rail "stopper" services toward Doncaster do use this platform through the day. All westbound First TransPennine Express services, and most Northern Rail services use Platform 2. This platform is accessible via a bridge over the tracks.

The station has limited seating on both platforms and three waiting rooms. There are toilets available on Platform 1, which are accessible only by requesting the key from the ticket office. These restrictions keep the toilets very clean, and they were awarded the title of "Loo of the Year" in 2005, under the "Railway Stations" category.

This is not the original Scunthorpe station. The original station was known as Frodingham and located over half a mile to the east near the Brigg Road bridge (then a level crossing). It opened in 1864, it was replaced by a second station just 200 yd west from the first in 1887. This one was closed when the present station was opened on 11 March 1928. For over 40 years, the original station was known as "Scunthorpe & Frodingham".

From 1906, the town had another station serving the North Lindsey Light Railway, a line which ran from Dawes Lane, about half a mile to the east, to (originally) West Halton.

Layout

Side Platform
⇒	Platform 1	TP towards Cleethorpes
⇐	Platform 2	TP/Northern towards Manchester Airport
Side Platform
	Siding	towards Scunthorpe Steel Works	⇒
	Siding	towards Scunthorpe Steel Works	⇒

Services

There is a basic hourly service eastwards to Grimsby and Cleethorpes and two per hour westbound to Doncaster and Sheffield: one is the limited stop TPE service that continues to Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport, and the other is the local service operated by Northern Rail that calls at all intermediate stations en route.

On Sundays, there is a two-hourly TPE service each way in the mornings, improving to hourly in the afternoon.

A programme of major engineering work on the route between Thorne Junction and Scunthorpe in the summer of 2009 closed the line for 10 weeks to allow embankment reconstruction work to take place.

External links

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

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Doncaster		First TransPennine Express South TransPennine		Barnetby
Althorpe		Northern Rail Sheffield-Hull Line Mondays-Saturdays only		Terminus
	Disused railways
Gunhouse Wharf		Trent, Ancholme & Grimsby		Appleby
Gunness and Burringham		Trent, Ancholme & Grimsby		Appleby