Metheringham railway station

Metheringham railway station serves the village of Metheringham in Lincolnshire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway, which provides all its rail services.

Metheringham
Location
Place	Metheringham
Local authority	North Kesteven
Coordinates	53.139°N 0.391°W / 53.139; -0.391
Grid reference	TF077614
Operations
Station code	MGM
Managed by	East Midlands Railway
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	94,750
2015/16	106,248
2016/17	99,704
2017/18	99,490
2018/19	101,878
History
Original company	Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
1 August 1882	Opened as Blankney and Metheringham
11 September 1961	Closed for passengers
15 June 1964	closed for goods
6 October 1975	Reopened as Metheringham
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Metheringham from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History

The station opened to passengers on 1 July 1882 as Blankney and Metheringham. It closed to them on 11 September 1961 but reopened on 6 October 1975 as Metheringham.[1] It was being refurbished in 2019. The signal box at the south end of the station is labelled "Blankney". It operates the level crossing on the B1189 road.[2]

Blankney & Metheringham in 1961

Services

The station is unstaffed, with limited facilities: two shelters, bicycle storage, timetables and modern "Help Points". The full range of tickets for travel can be bought from the inspector on the train at no extra cost. There are no retail facilities at the station.

There is a basic hourly, Monday-to-Saturday service calling in each direction between Lincoln Central and Sleaford. In the daytime, southbound trains continue to Peterborough and a few northbound trains continue to Doncaster.[3]

There is no Sunday service.

Names

• Blankney & Metheringham
• Metheringham (from 6 October 1975)

References

1. "Topics". Railway Magazine. Vol. 121 no. 896. December 1975. p. 583.
2. Jacobs, Gerald (2006). Railway Track Diagrams – Eastern. Bradford-On-Avon: Trackmaps. p. 27. ISBN 0-9549866-2-8.
3. GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 18 (Network Rail)

External links

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

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Lincoln Central		East Midlands Railway Peterborough-Lincoln Line Mondays-Saturdays only		Ruskington
Historical railways
Nocton and Dunston Line open, station closed		Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway		Scopwick and Timberland Line open, station closed