Thornton Abbey railway station is close to the site of

Thornton Abbey Thornton Abbey was a medieval abbey located close to the small North Lincolnshire village of Thornton Curtis, near Ulceby, and directly south of Hull on the other side of the Humber estuary. Its ruins are a Grade I listed building, including not ...

in North Lincolnshire, England. It was built by the

Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway The Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway was an early British railway company which existed between 1845 and 1847 with the intention of providing rail services between Grimsby, New Holland and Gainsborough in the county of Lincolnshire. ...

in 1849, replacing a temporary one at

Thornton Curtis Thornton Curtis is a village and civil parish in the North Lincolnshire district of Lincolnshire, England, approximately south-east from the town of Barton-upon-Humber. The population (including Burnham) at the 2011 census was 295. The name '' ...

. It also serves the village of

and is managed by

East Midlands Railway Abellio East Midlands Limited, trading as East Midlands Railway (EMR), is a train operating company in England, owned by Abellio, and is the current operator of the East Midlands franchise. History In March 2017, the Department for Transport a ...

Services

All services at Thornton Abbey are operated by

using Class 156

DMUs A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple-unit train powered by on-board diesel engines. A DMU requires no separate locomotive, as the engines are incorporated into one or more of the carriages. Diesel-powered single-unit railcars are also ...

. The typical Monday-Saturday service is one train every two hours between and . There is a Sunday service of four trains per day in each direction during the summer months only. There are no winter Sunday services at the station. Services were previously operated by Northern Trains but transferred to East Midlands Railway as part of the May 2021 timetable changes.May Milestone for MML Timetable '' Modern Railways'' issue 872 May 2021 page 23

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Railway stations in the Borough of North Lincolnshire DfT Category F2 stations Former Great Central Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1849 Railway stations served by East Midlands Railway 1849 establishments in England Former Northern franchise railway stations {{Yorkshire-Humber-railstation-stub