Swinderby railway station

Swinderby
General information
Location	Swinderby, North Kesteven England
Coordinates	53.16935°N 0.70274°W / 53.16935; -0.70274
Grid reference	SK868643
Managed by	East Midlands Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SWD
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	3 August 1846
Passengers
2015/16	11,034
2016/17	14,462
2017/18	17,616
2018/19	18,026
2019/20	17,912
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Swinderby railway station serves the villages of Swinderby, North Scarle, Eagle and Morton Hall in Lincolnshire, England. The station is 8.75 miles (14 km) south west of Lincoln Central on the Nottingham to Lincoln Central Line, owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway who provide all services.

The station, adjacent to the level crossing operated from the Swinderby signal box, has two platforms which feature basic facilities. The full range of tickets for travel are purchased from the guard on the train at no extra cost. There are no retail facilities at this station.

Services

East Midlands Railway operate all services at Swinderby using Class 153 and Class 156 DMUs.

The typical off-peak service is:

• 1 train every 2 hours to Leicester via Nottingham
• 1 train every 2 hours to Lincoln

The station is also served by a small number of services between Newark North Gate and Grimsby Town via Market Rasen.

A roughly hourly service also serves the station on Sundays although services run only as far as Nottingham and do not serve stations to Leicester.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Collingham		East Midlands Railway Nottingham to Lincoln Line		Hykeham

External links

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

• http://www.derby-signalling.org.uk/Newark.htm MIDLAND MICROCOSM