Ancaster railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Ancaster |
| Local authority | South Kesteven |
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| Grid reference | SK983443 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | ANC |
| Managed by | East Midlands Trains |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 | 4,468 |
| 2005/06 |  4,641 |
| 2006/07 | 6,109 |
| 2007/08 |  5,238 |
| 2008/09 | 4,652 |
| 2009/10 | 3,764 |
| 2010/11 | 4,388 |
| 2011/12 | 4,044 |
| 2012/13 | 7,408 |
| 2013/14 | 8,878 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 16 June 1857 |
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| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ancaster from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal |
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Ancaster railway station serves the village of Ancaster in Lincolnshire, England. The station is 11.5 miles (19 km) north of Grantham on the Nottingham to Skegness Line.
The station is now owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains (EMT) Train Operating Company (TOC) who provide all rail services.
It still has a working signal box at west end of the station, however is regarded as 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.
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History
Opened by the Boston, Sleaford and Midland Counties Railway, then run by the Great Northern Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Railways.
Services
As of December 2012 there are four daily services in both directions which run to Skegness and Nottingham. There are no Sunday services. A Normal service operates on most Bank holidays.[1]
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
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| Historical railways | ||||
| Honington | Great Northern Railway Grantham to Boston Line |
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External links
- Train times and station information for Ancaster railway station from National Rail
- Station on navigable O.S. map.
- Pages with reference errors
- Pages with broken file links
- Articles with OS grid coordinates
- DfT Category F2 stations
- Railway stations in Lincolnshire
- Former Great Northern Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1857
- Railway stations served by East Midlands Trains
- Articles with dead external links from April 2013
