Spalding railway station

Spalding
Location
Place	Spalding
Local authority	South Holland, Lincolnshire
Coordinates	52°47′17″N 0°09′25″W / 52.788, -0.157Coordinates: 52°47′17″N 0°09′25″W / 52.788, -0.157
Operations
Station code	SPA
Managed by	East Midlands Trains
Platforms in use	2
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Annual Passenger Usage
2005/06 *	0.174 million
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Spalding from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Spalding railway station serves the town of Spalding in Lincolnshire, England. Spalding is on the branch line to Lincoln operated by an hourly service in both directions usually by Class 153 single car units. Services usually run from Peterborough to Lincoln, however there are occasional extensions terminating at Newark North Gate or Doncaster. The final Peterborough bound service of the evening continues onto Nottingham calling at Stamford, Oakham and Melton Mowbray en route. Spalding has only two platforms. Platform 1 being for Lincoln bound services and Platform 2 for Peterborough. The station used to have 7 platforms, 5 through tracks and 2 terminal bays with services to March and Sleaford on the Great Eastern and Great Northern Joint. Bourne and King's Lynn on the Midland and Great Northern Joint and finally the Great Northern line going to Boston. There was also, past the Northern Juntion a freight line going off to the now redunant British Sugar plant in Peterborough. The bridge connecting Platforms 1 and 2 to the rest of the station still exists, the entrance to the old platforms have since been fenced off and the walkthrough on the bridge bricked up, the track has been pulled up and houses now reside on site. Very little remains on the old station, however the facade remains as it was when first built. Only 22 minutes from Peterborough, Spalding railway station is a few minutes away from the bus station connecting Spalding to Boston, King's Lynn and Peterborough.