Market Rasen railway station serves the town of Market Rasen in Lincolnshire, England.

Market Rasen
Market Rasen railway station in 2003
General information
Location	Market Rasen, West Lindsey England
Coordinates	53.384°N 0.337°W / 53.384; -0.337
Grid reference	TF107887
Managed by	East Midlands Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	MKR
Classification	DfT category F1
Passengers
2016/17	66,398
2017/18	64,264
2018/19	69,840
2019/20	69,008
2020/21	14,846
Listed Building – Grade II
Feature	Railway Station
Designated	16 May 1984
Reference no.	1359780[1]
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

It was built by the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway, with the opening of the line, in 1848.[2] The station was a substantial structure with an overall roof below which all the usual station facilities could be found including a W. H. Smith bookstall. The station buildings are Grade II listed.[1]

It is the only station now between Lincoln and Barnetby, but in the past there were many more (these mainly succumbed to the Beeching Axe in 1965). The signal box which was at the south end of the Lincoln platform was removed to Great Central Railway (heritage railway) at Quorn and re-erected in 1987.

Nowadays it is on the "Grimsby - Lincoln - Newark" line and is managed by East Midlands Railway.

Services

All services at Market Rasen are operated by East Midlands Railway using Class 156, 158 and 170 DMUs.[3]

As of May 2021, the typical off-peak service is one train every two hours between Grimsby Town and Leicester via Lincoln and Nottingham. There is also one train per day that continues to and from Cleethorpes, increasing to three trains per day on a Saturday.[4][5]

On Sundays, there is a limited summer service of three trains per day between Nottingham and Cleethorpes with no service during the winter months.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Lincoln		East Midlands Railway Leicester to Grimsby		Barnetby
	Disused railways
Wickenby		Great Central Railway Market Rasen Branch Line		Claxby and Usselby

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Market Rasen railway station.

• Train times and station information for Market Rasen railway station from National Rail