Boston railway station

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Boston National Rail
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Location
Place Boston
Local authority Boston
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Grid reference TF323441
Operations
Station code BSN
Managed by East Midlands Trains
Number of platforms 2
DfT category E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05 Increase 221,405
2005/06 Decrease 219,327
2006/07 Decrease 208,880
2007/08 Decrease 204,268
2008/09 Decrease 198,898
2009/10 Increase 205,046
2010/11 Increase 207,822
2011/12 Increase 216,818
2012/13 Decrease 213,034
2013/14 Decrease 207,002
2014/15 Increase 209,618
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Boston from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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View northward, towards Firsby and Grimsby in 1964

Boston railway station serves the town of Boston in Lincolnshire, England.

The station is now owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains (EMT) Train Operating Company (TOC) who provide all rail services.

History

The station has declined in importance since the 1960s. In its heyday the station employed over 50 staff and had two through tracks and cover over the platform tracks. The Skegness bound platform had classic Great Northern Railway architecture buildings as well, now replaced with plastic shelters. The station frontage remains, albeit altered, in partially reconstructed manner, and some of the buildings have found new uses.

Boston station was once an important junction, with two lines diverging in either direction. Today, only the eastbound line to Skegness, and the westbound line towards Sleaford remain in use. There was previously a southbound line to Spalding (closed in October 1970) that joined the line to Peterborough (and formed part of the original GNR main line from London to York), and a north-westbound line to Woodhall Junction (closed in June 1963) and thence on towards Lincoln, Horncastle, or Louth. Both surviving routes are single line, with a passing loop at the station.

To the south of the station the access to Boston Docks via the swing bridge and the site of the Broadfield Lane depot remain (the rail link into the docks still sees occasional use). To the north along the old Lincoln to Boston and Horncastle route, about 2 miles north of the town is the old Hall Hills sleeper depot.

Services

As of December 2010 there is an approximately hourly service to Nottingham via Grantham and Skegness.[1]

Preceding station   National Rail National Rail   Following station
East Midlands Trains
Historical railways
Great Northern Railway Terminus
Disused railways
Great Northern Railway

References

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