Wainfleet railway station

Wainfleet railway station serves the town of Wainfleet All Saints in Lincolnshire, England. The station has its own signal box at the east end of the platforms, which is next to the level crossing. Wainfleet station is 5 miles (8 km) west of Skegness on the Skegness - Grantham - Nottingham Poacher Line.

Wainfleet
Location
PlaceWainfleet All Saints
Local authorityEast Lindsey
Coordinates53.105°N 0.235°E / 53.105; 0.235
Grid referenceTF497587
Operations
Station codeWFL
Managed byEast Midlands Railway
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryF1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 58,574
2015/16 53,838
2016/17 46,326
2017/18 47,216
2018/19 42,160
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Wainfleet 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.

The station 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 is an approximately hourly service in each direction on weekdays and Saturdays (Wainfleet being one of the four intermediate stations on the line to be served by all trains). Eastbound trains to Skegness take 8 minutes, and westbound trains to Nottingham between 1 hour 10 minutes and 1 hour 30 minutes).[1]

On Sundays, there are 4 daily services in each direction.

Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
East Midlands Railway
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See also

Firsby to Skegness railway branch line

References
  1. Table 19 National Rail timetable, December 2018

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