Rauceby railway station

52°59′07″N 0°27′23″W / 52.985194°N 0.456265°W / 52.985194; -0.456265Grid referenceTF037442Managed byEast Midlands RailwayPlatforms2Other informationStation codeRAUClassificationDfT category F2Passengers2018/19 10,2562019/20 9,2342020/21 2,5862021/22 4,2982022/23 5,262

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Rauceby railway station is a station near the town of Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, lying close to the western border of the Parish of Old Sleaford and Quarrington just over half-a-mile south of the village of South Rauceby.

History

The railway station originally served Rauceby village and later from 1902 Rauceby Mental Hospital (the former Kesteven Lunatic Asylum, which lies immediately to the south of the railway station and was closed in 1997) and the village of South Rauceby in Lincolnshire, England. The line was built by the Boston, Sleaford and Midland Counties Railway. It now principally serves commuters living in the new housing estates that comprise the Greylees suburb of Sleaford.

The former leader of the Liberal Democrat Party, Nick Clegg, proposed to his wife on a platform at the station.^[1]

Station

The station is now owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway, which provides all rail services.

A local road crosses the line at the western edge of the platforms, where a signal box and manually operated crossing gates can be seen. The main Grantham to Sleaford road runs to the north of the railway station and crosses the line about a quarter of a mile north east of the station, where automatic barriers are used.

Rauceby still has a working signal box at west end of the station, however the station 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.

Services

In the winter 2023 timetable, there are four daily services eastward to Skegness and three westward to Nottingham via Grantham, all at peak hours only. There are no Sunday services. A normal service operates on most Bank holidays.^[2]

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Ancaster		East Midlands Railway Poacher Line Mondays-Saturdays only		Sleaford

References

External links

Barton lineBirmingham–Peterborough lineDoncaster–Lincoln lineNewark–Grimsby lineNottingham–Grantham lineNottingham–Lincoln linePeterborough–Lincoln linePoacher LineSouth Humberside Main LineSheffield–Lincoln line

Heritage railways

Lincolnshire Wolds Railway