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.

Ancaster
General information
Location	Ancaster, South Kesteven England
Coordinates	52.98772°N 0.53594°W / 52.98772; -0.53594
Grid reference	SK983443
Managed by	East Midlands Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	ANC
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	16 June 1857
Passengers
2016/17	7,162
2017/18	6,572
2018/19	5,904
2019/20	5,006
2020/21	1,798
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The station is now owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway 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.

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 2015 there are four daily services in both directions which run to Skegness and Nottingham, with three services on a Saturday. There are no Sunday services. A Normal service operates on most Bank holidays.[1]

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Grantham		East Midlands Railway Poacher Line Mondays-Saturdays only		Rauceby
	Historical railways
Honington		Great Northern Railway Boston, Sleaford and Midland Counties Railway		Rauceby

References

• 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.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.

External links

• Train times and station information for Ancaster railway station from National Rail
• Station on navigable O.S. map.