Thornton Abbey railway station

Thornton Abbey railway station is close to the site of Thornton Abbey in North Lincolnshire, England.

Thornton Abbey
Location
Place	Thornton Abbey
Local authority	North Lincolnshire
Coordinates	53.6545°N 0.3231°W / 53.6545; -0.3231
Grid reference	TA109188
Operations
Station code	TNA
Managed by	Northern Trains
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	1,164
2015/16	1,342
2016/17	1,040
2017/18	1,042
2018/19	1,114
History
Original company	Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Central Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
August 1849[1]	opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Thornton Abbey from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Station with Thornton Abbey gatehouse visible in background.

Passenger lines of North East Lincolnshire
Hull Corporation Pier Barton- on-Humber Humber Ferry Barrow Haven New Holland Pier New Holland engine shed New Holland Town New Holland Goxhill East Halton Killingholme Admiralty Platform Thornton Abbey Killingholme Thornton Curtis Immingham West Jn Immingham Western Jetty Ulceby Aerodrome Platform Humber Road Jn Ulceby North Jn Immingham Dock Ulceby Dock Entrance Immingham engine shed Immingham Eastern Jetty Immingham Queens Road Immingham Dock Immingham Town Eastern Entrance to Immingham Dock Sheffield– Lincoln line & South Humberside Main Line Immingham Halt Habrough Kiln Lane Stallingborough Marsh Road LC Healing No.5 Passing Place Great Coates Great Coates LC Pyewipe Depot Halt Pyewipe car sheds Cleveland Bridge Grimsby Pyewipe Road West Marsh Jn East Marsh Jn Cleveland Street Stortford Street Grimsby Town Boulevard Recreation Ground East Lincolnshire Rlwy to Boston Jackson Street Grimsby engine shed Yarborough Street Grimsby Docks Corporation Bridge Grimsby Pier Riby Street Platform New Clee Cleethorpes Kingsway (CCLR) Discovery Lakeside Central North Sea Lane Humberston North Sea Lane Beach South Sea Lane Lincolnshire Coast Lt Rly 1960–1985

It was built by the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway in 1849, replacing a temporary one at Thornton Curtis. It also serves the village of Thornton Curtis and is managed by Northern. The station has a two-hourly service in each direction on weekdays.[2] All services are now provided by a Class 153 single unit railcar. The Sunday services is limited to summer months only (May to mid-September) and four trips each way.

References

1. Butt 1995, p. 229.
2. GB National Rail Timetable 2016 Edition, Table 28

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.

External links

• Train times and station information for Thornton Abbey railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Goxhill		Northern Trains Barton line		Ulceby