Spalding railway station

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Spalding

Location

Place

Spalding

Local authority

South Holland, Lincolnshire

Coordinates

52°47′17″N 0°09′25″W / 52.788, -0.157Coordinates: 52°47′17″N 0°09′25″W / 52.788, -0.157

Operations

Station code

SPA

Managed by

East Midlands Trains

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

0.181 million

2005/06 *

0.174 million

National Rail - UK railway stations

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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

UK Railways Portal

Spalding railway station serves the town of Spalding in Lincolnshire, England.

Spalding is on the branch line to Lincoln operated by an hourly service in both directions usually by Class 153 single car units. Services usually run from Peterborough to Lincoln, however there are occasional extensions terminating at Newark North Gate or Doncaster. The final Peterborough bound service of the evening continues onto Nottingham calling at Stamford, Oakham and Melton Mowbray en route.

Spalding has only two platforms. Platform 1 being for Lincoln bound services and Platform 2 for Peterborough. The station used to have 7 platforms, 5 through tracks and 2 terminal bays with services to March and Sleaford on the Great Eastern and Great Northern Joint. Bourne and King's Lynn on the Midland and Great Northern Joint and finally the Great Northern line going to Boston. There was also, past the Northern Junction a freight line going off to the now redunant British Sugar plant in Peterborough. The bridge connecting Platforms 1 and 2 to the rest of the station still exists, the entrance to the old platforms have since been fenced off and the walkthrough on the bridge bricked up, the track has been pulled up and houses now reside on site. Very little remains on the old station, however the facade remains as it was when first built.

Only 22 minutes from Peterborough, Spalding railway station is a few minutes away from the bus station connecting Spalding to Boston, King's Lynn and Peterborough.

[edit] Services

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Peterborough		East Midlands Trains Lincoln-Peterborough Mondays-Saturdays only		Sleaford

[edit] Historic Services

It was once connected to the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway network in Lincolnshire and Norfolk. Trains from Cromer, King's Lynn and Norwich would terminate there. This line closed in 1959. The next station east was Weston.

Former Services