Jump to content

Swineshead railway station

Coordinates: 52°58′11″N 0°11′14″W / 52.96969°N 0.18725°W / 52.96969; -0.18725
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Swineshead
National Rail
General information
LocationSwineshead, Boston
England
Coordinates52°58′11″N 0°11′14″W / 52.96969°N 0.18725°W / 52.96969; -0.18725
Grid referenceTF218429
Managed byEast Midlands Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeSWE
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Opened1859
Passengers
2018/19Increase 3,508
2019/20Decrease 2,648
2020/21Decrease 748
2021/22Increase 1,300
2022/23Decrease 1,226
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Swineshead railway station serves the village of Swineshead in Lincolnshire, England. Although named Swineshead, the station is, in reality, located in the hamlet of Swineshead Bridge some miles north of Swineshead. The line was opened by the Boston, Sleaford and Midland Counties Railway.

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

[edit]

All services at Swineshead are operated by East Midlands Railway.

On weekdays and Saturdays, the station is served by a limited service of two trains per day in each direction, westbound to Nottingham via Grantham and eastbound to Skegness via Boston.[1]

There is no Sunday service at the station, although a normal service operates on most Bank Holidays.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Heckington   East Midlands Railway
  Hubberts Bridge

References

[edit]
Railway line in August 2000
  1. ^ Table 19 National Rail timetable, May 2022
[edit]