Hubberts Bridge railway station

Hubberts Bridge railway station serves the village of Hubberts Bridge in Lincolnshire, England. It is located on the Sleaford to Boston section of the Nottingham to Skegness line. Opened along with the line by the Boston, Sleaford and Midland Counties Railway in 1859,[1] The eastbound platform is longer than the westbound platform: it can accommodate a three-car train, whereas the westbound platform can only accommodate a two-car train.[2]

Hubberts Bridge
Location
PlaceHubberts Bridge
Local authorityBoston
Coordinates52.97540°N 0.11010°W / 52.97540; -0.11010
Grid referenceTF269436
Operations
Station codeHBB
Managed byEast Midlands Railway
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryF2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 324
2015/16 520
2016/17 1,182
2017/18 1,412
2018/19 1,262
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hubberts Bridge from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

The station is now owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway who provide all rail services.

A signal box at the West end of the station supervises a level crossing and the western end of the single track section from Boston. However, the station itself is unstaffed and offers limited facilities other than two shelters, bicycle storage, timetables and modern 'Help Points'. The full range of tickets for travel are purchased from the guard on the train at no extra cost, there are no retail facilities at this station.

Services

As of December 2018, there are typically two daily services in each direction to Nottingham and Skegness (one pair in the morning, the other in the late afternoon). There are no Sunday services.[3]

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References
  1. Body, G. (1986). PSL Field Guides - Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 1. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 73. ISBN 0-85059-712-9.
  2. Yonge, John (September 2006) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 2: Eastern (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 25C. ISBN 0-9549866-2-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  3. Table 19 National Rail timetable, December 2018
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