General information | |||||
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Location | Heckington, North Kesteven England | ||||
Coordinates | 52°58′38″N0°17′38″W / 52.97727°N 0.29402°W | ||||
Grid reference | TF146435 | ||||
Managed by | East Midlands Railway | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | HEC | ||||
Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Boston, Sleaford and Midland Counties Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | Great Northern Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
13 April 1859 | Station opened | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2019/20 | 60,788 | ||||
2020/21 | 12,436 | ||||
2021/22 | 37,834 | ||||
2022/23 | 38,408 | ||||
2023/24 | 39,340 | ||||
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Heckington railway station is located in the village of Heckington in Lincolnshire,England. The old station building houses the Heckington Station Railway and Heritage Museum.
The station was opened by the Boston,Sleaford and Midland Counties Railway on 13 April 1859. [1] It 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.
All services at Heckington are operated by East Midlands Railway.
On weekdays and Saturdays, The station is served by an hourly service westbound to Nottingham via Grantham and eastbound to Skegness via Boston. [9]
On Sundays, the service is served by a limited service in each direction, with additional services during the summer months. Enhancements to the Sunday service are due to be made during the life of the East Midlands franchise. [10]
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Sleaford | East Midlands Railway | Boston | ||
Swineshead Limited Service |
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Sir Robert Pattinson, JP, DL was a British Liberal politician and businessman. Pattinson joined his family's railway contracting firm after finishing school and was quickly appointed to senior positions. In 1900, he became chairman of Ruskington Urban District Council and four years later joined Kesteven County Council, eventually becoming an alderman and serving as its chairman for 20 years between 1934 and his death in 1954. He chaired the Sleaford Liberal Association (1900–18) and was nominated as the party's representative for Sleaford shortly before World War I broke out. He contested Grantham unsuccessfully in 1918, but was returned for the seat in 1922, serving until he was defeated in the following year's general election. Several other unsuccessful attempts at a parliamentary career followed. He chaired several bodies responsible for maintaining Lincolnshire's waterways, served as a magistrate for Kesteven and Lindsey and sat as Lincolnshire's High Sheriff in 1941. Knighted in 1934, Pattinson died aged 82 in 1954 after several years of illness.