Swineshead railway station

Swineshead
General information
Location	Swineshead, Boston England
Coordinates	52°58′11″N 0°11′14″W / 52.96969°N 0.18725°W / 52.96969; -0.18725
Grid reference	TF218429
Managed by	East Midlands Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SWE
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	1859
Passengers
2018/19	3,508
2019/20	2,648
2020/21	748
2021/22	1,300
2022/23	1,226
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Swineshead railway station serves the village of Swineshead in Lincolnshire, England. Although named Swineshead, the station is, in reality, located in the hamlet of Swineshead Bridge some miles north of Swineshead. The line was opened by the Boston, Sleaford and Midland Counties Railway.

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

All services at Swineshead are operated by East Midlands Railway.

On weekdays and Saturdays, the station is served by a limited service of two trains per day in each direction, westbound to Nottingham via Grantham and eastbound to Skegness via Boston.^[1]

There is no Sunday service at the station, although a normal service operates on most Bank Holidays.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Heckington		East Midlands Railway Poacher Line Monday-Saturday only		Hubberts Bridge

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Swineshead railway station.

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

This page was last edited on 14 December 2023, at 11:22