Saxilby railway station

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Saxilby
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Northern Rail Class 153 train at Saxilby
General information
Location Saxilby, Lincolnshire
England
Coordinates 53°16′01″N0°39′50″W / 53.267°N 0.664°W / 53.267; -0.664
Grid reference SK892752
Managed by East Midlands Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeSXY
Classification DfT category F1
History
Opened9 April 1849
Passengers
2018/19Increase2.svg 75,172
Doncaster–Lincoln line
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Bessacarr Halt
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Finningley
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Haxey Junction
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Haxey and Epworth
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Misterton
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Misterton Petroleum
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Walkeringham
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Beckingham
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West Trent Junction
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East Trent Junction
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Lea
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Stow Park
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Saxilby
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Skellingthorpe
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Facilities

The station has two platforms connected by a ramped footbridge over the line, which opened in the summer of 2014. Before the footbridge was built, the platforms were linked by a surface crossing. [1]

The station house has been converted for private use – a private dwelling and an office. The station is now unstaffed; tickets must be obtained from the ticket machine on the Lincoln platform or bought online. [2]

Facilities are limited to shelters on each platform and a help point and departure board for passenger enquiries and information about oncoming trains. There is bicycle storage and a small car park. [3]

Services

Services at Saxilby are operated by Northern Trains and East Midlands Railway.

On weekdays and Saturdays, the station is generally served by an hourly Northern Trains service between Lincoln and Leeds via Retford and Sheffield. There are also five trains per day between Doncaster and Peterborough via Lincoln and Sleaford, operated by East Midlands Railway. [4]

On Sundays, there is generally an hourly service between Lincoln and Sheffield, with some services continuing to and from Huddersfield. There are no Sunday services to Doncaster or Peterborough.

Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Gainsborough Lea Road   East Midlands Railway
  Lincoln
Northern Trains
  Historical railways  
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Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway
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Line and station closed
Great Central Railway
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References

  1. "Christmas rail upgrade completed in Saxilby". Network Rail . Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  2. "Saxilby station information". East Midlands Railway . Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  3. "Station Map: Saxilby". National Rail. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  4. Table 18, 30 National Rail timetable, May 2022