Saxilby railway station serves
Saxilby
Saxilby is a large village in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about north-west from Lincoln, on the A57 road at the junction of the B1241. It is part of the civil parish of Saxilby and Ingleby, which includes the village of ...
in
Lincolnshire
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,
England
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. The station is west of
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 ...
on the
Sheffield-Lincoln line and the
Doncaster-Lincoln Line. It was built by The
Great Northern Railway and opened in 1849.
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.
The station house has been converted for private use – a private dwelling and an office. The station is now unstaffed; all tickets must be obtained from the
inspector on the train, as there are no
ticket machines
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at the station.
Facilities are limited to shelters on each platform and a
help point and
departure board
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Often used as a public transport timetable in airports or r ...
for passenger enquiries and information about oncoming trains. There is
bicycle storage and a small
car park
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.
Services
Services at Saxilby are operated by
Northern Trains
Northern Trains, branded as Northern, (legally Northern Trains Limited) is a publicly owned train operating company in England. It is owned by DfT OLR Holdings for the Department for Transport (DfT), after the previous operator Arriva Rail N ...
and
East Midlands Railway.
On weekdays and Saturdays, the station is generally served by an hourly Northern Trains service between and via and . There are also five trains per day between and via Lincoln and , operated by East Midlands Railway.
On Sundays, there is generally an hourly service between Lincoln and Sheffield, with some services continuing to and from . There are no Sunday services to Doncaster or Peterborough.
References
External links
{{Railway stations served by East Midlands Railway
Railway stations in Lincolnshire
DfT Category F1 stations
Former Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1849
Railway stations served by East Midlands Railway
Northern franchise railway stations
1849 establishments in England