Grantham railway station

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Grantham

Location

Place

Grantham

Local authority

South Kesteven

Operations

Station code

GRA

Managed by

National Express East Coast

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

0.917 million

2005/06 *

0.936 million

History

Key dates

Opened 1852

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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Grantham from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Grantham railway station serves the town of Grantham in Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the East Coast Main Line, and junctions near the town also connect to branches to Nottingham, and to Sleaford and Skegness. The station was opened in 1852, and was built close to the factory of Richard Hornsby & Sons. It is comprised of 4 platforms; platforms 1 and 2 are on the East Coast Main Line and are responsible for express services between London and Scotland. Platform 1 serves exclusively London Kings Cross via Peterborough and Stevenage; Platform 2 serves cities of North England and Edinburgh. Platform 2, 3 and 4 are formed from a large island platform structure. Platform 3 is a bay platform at the northern end of the station that is used to allow local trains to reverse, while Platform 4 is a two way platform that is used by East Midlands Trains. Only Platform 1 has amenities including toilets, Costa Coffee and a buffet.

Prior to the opening of the Allington Chord in 2006, trains for Nottingham – Grantham – Skegness reversed in the station and travelled along the ECML crossed the ECML via a flat junction, with implications for congestion but after the opening of the chord they now reverse and travel from whence they came using the chord, crossing under the ECML using existing tracks.

The journey between London Kings Cross and Grantham takes a little over an hour, with most trains provided by National Express East Coast.

[edit] Typical journey times

Newark - 10 mins.
Peterborough - 20 mins.
Sleaford - 25 mins.
Doncaster - 35 mins.
Nottingham - 40 mins.
Boston - 50 mins.
York - 1hr
Leeds - 1hr 10 mins.
London - 1hr 10 mins.
Sheffield - 1hr 30mins direct (1hr 15mins via Doncaster)

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Approach road

Entrance

Platforms

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Train times and station information for Grantham railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		Following station
Peterborough	East Midlands Trains Liverpool-Norwich	Nottingham
Bottesford	East Midlands Trains Nottingham-Grantham and Grantham-Skegness lines	Ancaster Sleaford on Sundays
Stevenage (Pick up northbound Set down southbound)	First Hull Trains Limited Service	Retford
London King's Cross	First Hull Trains	Retford
Peterborough	National Express East Coast East Coast Main Line	Newark North Gate
	From May 2009
Nottingham	East Midlands Trains London - Skegness	Sleaford