Thorpe Culvert railway station serves the village of Thorpe St Peter in Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 7 miles (11 km) from Skegness and 16.75 miles (27 km) from Boston.

Thorpe Culvert
General information
Location	Thorpe St Peter, East Lindsey England
Coordinates	53.12303°N 0.19937°E / 53.12303; 0.19937
Grid reference	TF472606
Managed by	East Midlands Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	TPC
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Opened	24 October 1871 (1871-10-24)
Original company	Wainfleet and Firsby Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Passengers
2016/17	210
2017/18	148
2018/19	258
2019/20	140
2020/21	32
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.

A signal box is present at the West end of the station to supervise a level crossing, however, the station itself 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.

History

The station was opened by the Wainfleet and Firsby Railway for passenger traffic on 24 October 1871[1] when the line opened between Firsby and Wainfleet. The passenger service was extended from Wainfleet to Skegness on 28 July 1873.[1]

From 1896 the Wainfleet and Firsby Railway was taken over by the Great Northern Railway. Originally a single line the route was doubled by the GNR and this reached Thorpe Culvert on 9 July 1899.

Services

All services at Thorpe Culvert 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.[2]

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Boston		East Midlands Railway Poacher Line Monday-Saturday only		Wainfleet
	Disused railways
Firsby		Great Northern Railway Firsby to Skegness railway branch line		Wainfleet

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Thorpe Culvert railway station.

• Train times and station information for Thorpe Culvert railway station from National Rail