Saxilby railway station

Saxilby railway station serves Saxilby in Lincolnshire, England. The station is 6 miles (10 km) west of Lincoln Central on the Sheffield-Lincoln line and the Doncaster-Lincoln Line. It was built by The Great Northern Railway and opened in 1849.

Saxilby
Northern Rail Class 153 train at Saxilby
Location
Place	Saxilby
Local authority	West Lindsey, Lincolnshire
Coordinates	53.267°N 0.664°W / 53.267; -0.664
Grid reference	SK892752
Operations
Station code	SXY
Managed by	East Midlands Railway
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	57,298
2015/16	61,920
2016/17	64,358
2017/18	67,126
2018/19	75,172
History
Key dates	Opened 9 April 1849 (9 April 1849)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Saxilby from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

The station consists of two platforms, connected by a ramped footbridge crossing over the line, which was opened in the summer of 2014. The station house has now been converted for private use, with one section becoming a private dwelling and the other an office. The station is now unstaffed and all tickets must be purchased from the conductor on the train.

Minimal facilities are provided for passengers, with only a single waiting shelter on platform two. Live train information is available from a customer help point situated on platform 1 (train details can also be obtained by a pay phone or from timetable poster boards).[1]

Prior to the construction of the footbridge, the platforms were connected by a foot crossing directly over the line.

Services

Mondays to Saturdays there is generally an hourly service eastbound to Lincoln Central and westbound to Sheffield via Gainsborough Lea Road and Retford. Most of these continue northbound to Meadowhall, Barnsley, Wakefield Kirkgate and Leeds. There are also five trains per day direct to & from Doncaster.[2] On Sundays there is an hourly service from mid-morning towards Lincoln and Sheffield, but no service to Doncaster.

Northern Trains provide a majority of the services to the station, with only the infrequent Doncaster service provided by East Midlands Railway, who manage the station.

References

1. Saxilby station facilities National Rail Enquiries
2. GB eNRT December 2019 Edition, Table 18

External links

• Train times and station information for Saxilby railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Gainsborough Lea Road		East Midlands Railway Doncaster-Lincoln Line Mondays-Saturdays only		Lincoln Central
		Northern Trains Leeds-Lincoln
Historical railways
Stow Park Line open, station closed		Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway Lincolnshire Loop Line		Skellingthorpe Line open, station closed
Torksey Line and station closed		Great Central Railway Retford-Saxilby-Lincoln		Lincoln Central Line and station open

Doncaster–Lincoln line
East Coast Main Line to London │to York Doncaster Bessacarr Halt Finningley Park Drain Axholme Joint Railway to Goole Haxey Junction Haxey and Epworth River Idle Chesterfield Canal Misterton to Stockwith Goods Misterton Petroleum storage depot Walkeringham Beckingham Sheffield–Lincoln line to Sheffield West Trent Junction River Trent East Trent Junction Brigg Branch to Cleethorpes Gainsborough Lea Road Lea Stow Park Saxilby Skellingthorpe Nottingham–Lincoln line Lincoln Sheffield–Lincoln line to Cleethorpes Peterborough–Lincoln line