Ruskington railway station

Ruskington
General information
Location	Ruskington, North Kesteven England
Coordinates	53.04143°N 0.38050°W / 53.04143; -0.38050
Grid reference	TF086505
Managed by	East Midlands Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	RKT
Classification	DfT category F2
Passengers
2015/16	87,328
2016/17	91,016
2017/18	89,726
2018/19	82,020
2019/20	78,110
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Ruskington railway station serves the village of Ruskington in Lincolnshire, England. It opened in 1882 as part of the Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway between Sleaford and Lincoln Central. It closed in 1961 but was reopened in 1975.

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 free car parking, 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.

In 2014 work was undertaken to improve access at the station. This included the construction of new railway bridges and disabled access ramps to safely cross the lines. Previous access from one platform to the other was by crossing both railway lines.

Services

There is a basic hourly service in each direction (Mon-Sat) between Lincoln Central and Sleaford that calls here - during the daytime southbound services run to Peterborough, whilst a few northbound trains continue to Doncaster.

There is no Sunday service.

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Metheringham		East Midlands Railway Peterborough–Lincoln line Mondays-Saturdays only		Sleaford
Historical railways
Digby Line open, station closed		Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway		Sleaford Line and station open

External links

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