Wainfleet railway station

Wainfleet railway station serves the town of Wainfleet All Saints in Lincolnshire, England. It is a stop on the Poacher Line between Skegness and Grantham; it is located 5 miles (8 km) west of Skegness. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway, which provides all rail services.

Wainfleet
General information
Location	Wainfleet All Saints, East Lindsey England
Coordinates	53.105°N 0.235°E / 53.105; 0.235
Grid reference	TF497587
Managed by	East Midlands Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	WFL
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
2019/20	38,752
2020/21	10,440
2021/22	32,612
2022/23	40,994
2023/24	40,460
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

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

On 23 June 1881, there was an accident on a service from Skegness to Nottingham.^[2] A carriage left the rails at Wainfleet, which derailed the carriages behind it, resulting in injuries to several passengers including one with a broken leg.

From 1896, the Wainfleet and Firsby Railway was taken over by the Great Northern Railway.

The station has its own signal box at the east end of the platforms, which is next to the level crossing.

Stationmasters

• Thomas Poole ca .1872
• Thomas Ramsden Wharam ca. 1876
• Robert John Lewin 1882^[3] - ca. 1894 (formerly station master at Ancaster)
• Herbert Brader 1896^[4] (afterwards station master at Bourne)
• George Guy before 1900
• Charles E. Riddout ca. 1900 ca. 1904
• Frank L. Curtis ca. 1913
• Robert Bruntlett ca. 1919
• Frank Pickworth ca. 1926
• Arthur White 1930 - 1947^[5]
• William George Lusher ca. 1950 ca. 1961

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and offers limited facilities other than two shelters, bicycle storage, timetables and modern help points. There are no ticket retail facilities at this station, so the full range of tickets for travel can be purchased from the guard on the train at no extra cost.^[6]

Services

All services at Wainfleet are operated by East Midlands Railway. There is an hourly service westbound to Nottingham, via Grantham, and eastbound to Skegness.^[7]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Boston		East Midlands Railway Poacher Line		Skegness
Thorpe Culvert Limited service				Havenhouse Limited service
	Disused railways
Thorpe Culvert		Great Northern Railway Firsby to Skegness railway branch line		Havenhouse

See also

• Firsby to Skegness railway branch line