Grantham railway station

Grantham
Location
Place	Grantham
Local authority	Lincolnshire
Operations
Station code	GRA
Managed by	National Express East Coast
Platforms in use	4
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	0.917 million
2005/06 *	0.936 million
History
Key dates	Opened 1852
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Grantham from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Grantham railway station serves the town of Grantham in Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the East Coast Main Line, and junctions near the town also connect to branches to Nottingham, and to Sleaford and Skegness. The station was opened in 1852, and was built close to the factory of Richard Hornsby & Sons. It is comprised of 4 platforms; platforms 1 and 2 are on the East Coast Main Line and are responsible for express services between London and Scotland. Platform 1 serves exclusively London Kings Cross via Peterborough and Stevenage; Platform 2 serves cities of North England and Edinburgh. Platform 2, 3 and 4 are formed from a large island platform structure. Platform 3 is a bay platform at the northern end of the station that is used to allow local trains to reverse, while Platform 4 is a two way platform that is used by Central Citylink trains. Only Platform 1 has amenities including toilets, Costa Coffee and a buffet. Prior to the opening of the Allington Chord in 2006, trains for Nottingham – Grantham – Skegness reversed in the station and travelled along the ECML crossed the ECML via a flat junction, with implications for congestion but after the opening of the chord they now reverse and travel from whence they came using the chord, crossing under the ECML using existing tracks. The journey between London Kings Cross and Grantham takes a little over an hour, with most trains provided by National Express East Coast.

Typical journey times

• Newark - 10 mins.
• Peterborough - 20 mins.
• Sleaford - 25 mins.
• Doncaster - 35 mins.
• Nottingham - 40 mins.
• Boston - 50 mins.
• York - 1hr
• Leeds - 1hr 10 mins.
• London - 1hr 10 mins.
• Sheffield - 1hr 30mins direct (1hr 15mins via Doncaster)

Approach road

Entrance

Platforms

Platforms

External links

• Train times and station information for Grantham railway station from National Rail
• Map and aerial photo of Grantham railway station from Multimap.com