Ruskington railway station

Ruskington railway station serves the village of Ruskington in Lincolnshire, England. It opened in 1882 as part of the Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway between Sleaford and Lincoln Central. It closed in 1961 but was reopened in 1975.

Ruskington
Location
PlaceRuskington
Local authorityNorth Kesteven
Coordinates53.04143°N 0.38050°W / 53.04143; -0.38050
Grid referenceTF086505
Operations
Station codeRKT
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 83,240
2015/16 87,328
2016/17 91,016
2017/18 89,726
2018/19 82,020
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ruskington 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 free car parking, 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.

In 2014 work was undertaken to improve access at the station. This included the construction of new railway bridges and disabled access ramps to safely cross the lines. Previous access from one platform to the other was by crossing both railway lines.

Services

There is a basic hourly service in each direction (Mon-Sat) between Lincoln Central and Sleaford that calls here - during the daytime southbound services run to Peterborough, whilst a few northbound trains continue to Doncaster.[1]

There is no Sunday service.

References
  1. GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 18 (Network Rail)
Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
East Midlands Railway
Peterborough-Lincoln Line
Mondays-Saturdays only
Historical railways
Line open, station closed
Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway
Line and station open


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