Crowle railway station serves the town of Crowle in

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, England. Most services are provided by

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, who operate the station. Occasional services by

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also call at this station. The station has very limited facilities. There is a shelter on each platform, but no other permanent buildings. A public telephone is provided on platform 1 along with timetable posters to offer train running information. Platform 2 is accessible only by a

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at the west end of the station, but step-free access is available from the main entrance onto platform 1. The disused signal box has now been knocked down and levelled off.

Service

Before the

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ran an hourly service Monday-Saturday in both direction calling here between and . With no service on a Sunday. Currently, that has been reduced to a every 2 hours, again with no services on a Sunday. In February 2013 the line northeast of

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towards Thorne was blocked by the

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, with all services over the section halted. The line reopened in July 2013.

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{{Lincolnshire railway stations Railway stations in the Borough of North Lincolnshire DfT Category F2 stations Former South Yorkshire Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1859 Railway stations served by TransPennine Express Northern franchise railway stations 1859 establishments in England