Hykeham railway station serves both the town of

North Hykeham North Hykeham is a town and civil parish in the North Kesteven district, in the county of Lincolnshire, England. It forms part of the Lincoln Urban Area. The population of the town at the 2011 census was 13,884. History North Hykeham was ori ...

and

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city suburbs of

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and Boultham Moor in

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...

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. The station is on the Nottingham to Lincoln Central Line, owned by

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and managed by

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, which provide all the services.

History

Hykeham station was opened on 4 August 1846 at the same time as the

Nottingham to Lincoln Line Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robin ...

with train services initially running from to .

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were introduced to provide services at the station in 1958. In the 1980s, services at the station were diverted to run into

Lincoln Central Lincoln railway station (previously Lincoln Central) serves the city of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway. East Midlands Railway provides the majority of services from th ...

with St Marks station being closed.

Stationmasters

*W.G. Watkins ca. 1860 ca. 1871 *C.O. Brown 1873 - 1874 *S. Stanley 1874 - 1880 *James B. Palmer 1880 - 1886 *John Walters 1886 - 1888 (afterwards station master at Plumtree) *E.C. Harvey 1888 - 1890 *Charles Bateman 1890 - 1893 *H.E. Wiltshire 1893 - 1894 *H.W. Bethell 1894 - 1898 *George Edward Cramp 1898 - 1903 (afterwards station master at Widmerpool) *Robert Arthur Gill 1903 - 1913 (later station master at Harlington) *George Edwin Stapleton from 1913 (formerly station master at Bleasby) *J.W. Flint until 1937 (afterwards station master at Sileby) *J.R. Needham from 1937 (formerly station master at Dunchurch)

Facilities

The station has two platforms, which are staggered over a level crossing and feature basic facilities. The full range of tickets for travel are purchased from the

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on the train at no extra cost as there are no

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at the station which is also unstaffed, with modern help points being available for passenger information. The station has a small cycle rack as well as a free car park at its entrance. Step-free access is available to both the platforms at the station.

Services

All services at Hykeham are operated by

. The station is generally served by an hourly service southbound to via and northbound to . One train every two hours continues beyond Lincoln to , with a limited service continuing further to . The station is also served by five trains per day between Lincoln and . The station is also served by two trains per day to and one train per day from

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which are operated using a Class 222 ''Meridian''. A roughly hourly service also serves the station on Sundays although services run only as far as Nottingham and do not serve stations to Leicester. There are no services to London on Sundays.

Bus connections

No regular buses directly serve the station although the

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routes 15 and 16 between

and

both stop a short distance away on Newark Road. The PC coaches routes 47, 48 and 49 to

Newark-on-Trent Newark-on-Trent or Newark () is a market town and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district in Nottinghamshire, England. It is on the River Trent, and was historically a major inland port. The A1 road (Great Britain), A1 road bypasses th ...

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and Witham St Hughs also stop near the station.

References

External links

{{Railway stations served by East Midlands Railway Railway stations in Lincolnshire DfT Category F2 stations Former Midland Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1846 Railway stations served by East Midlands Railway 1846 establishments in England