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Wainfleet railway station

Coordinates: 53°06′18″N 0°14′06″E / 53.105°N 0.235°E / 53.105; 0.235
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Wainfleet
General information
LocationEast Lindsey
Coordinates53°06′18″N 0°14′06″E / 53.105°N 0.235°E / 53.105; 0.235
Managed byEast Midlands Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeWFL

Wainfleet railway station serves the town of Wainfleet All Saints in Lincolnshire, England. The station has its own signal box at the east end of the platforms, which is next to the level crossing. Wainfleet station is 5 miles (8 km) west of Skegness on the Skegness - Grantham - Nottingham Poacher Line.

The station is now owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway who provide all rail services.

The station 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 at no extra cost, there are no retail facilities at this station.

Services

As of December 2018 there is an approximately hourly service in each direction on weekdays and Saturdays (Wainfleet being one of the four intermediate stations on the line to be served by all trains). Eastbound trains to Skegness take 8 minutes, and westbound trains to Nottingham between 1 hour 10 minutes and 1 hour 30 minutes).[1]

On Sundays, there are 4 daily services in each direction.

Preceding station   National Rail National Rail   Following station
East Midlands Railway
Poacher Line

See also

Firsby to Skegness railway branch line

References

  1. ^ Table 19 National Rail timetable, December 2018

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