Thornton Abbey railway station
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General information | |||||
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Location | Thornton Abbey, North Lincolnshire England | ||||
Coordinates | 53°39′16″N 0°19′23″W / 53.6545°N 0.3231°W | ||||
Grid reference | TA109188 | ||||
Managed by | East Midlands Railway | ||||
Platforms | 2[1] | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | TNA | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | LNER | ||||
Key dates | |||||
August 1849[2] | opened | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 1,114 | ||||
2019/20 | 708 | ||||
2020/21 | 238 | ||||
2021/22 | 754 | ||||
2022/23 | 1,134 | ||||
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Thornton Abbey railway station is close to the site of Thornton Abbey in North Lincolnshire, England.
It was built by the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway in 1849, replacing a temporary one at Thornton Curtis. It also serves the village of Thornton Curtis and is managed by East Midlands Railway.
Services
[edit]All services at Thornton Abbey are operated by East Midlands Railway using Class 170 DMUs.
The typical off-peak service is one train every two hours in each direction between Cleethorpes and Barton-on-Humber.[3]
On Sundays, the station is served by four trains per day in each direction during the summer months only. No services call at the station on Sundays during the winter months.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Goxhill | East Midlands Railway |
Ulceby |
References
[edit]References
Sources
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- King, Paul (2019). The Railways of North-east Lincolnshire, Part 2: Stations. Grimsby: Pyewipe Publications. ISBN 978-1-9164603-1-7.
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Thornton Abbey railway station.
- Train times and station information for Thornton Abbey railway station from National Rail
Categories:
- Railway stations in the Borough of North Lincolnshire
- DfT Category F2 stations
- Former Great Central Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1849
- Railway stations served by East Midlands Railway
- 1849 establishments in England
- Former Northern franchise railway stations
- Yorkshire and the Humber railway station stubs