Swinderby  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Swinderby,North Kesteven England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°10′10″N0°42′10″W / 53.16935°N 0.70274°W /53.16935; -0.70274 | ||||
| Grid reference | SK868643 | ||||
| Managed by | East Midlands Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | SWD | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 3 August 1846 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  17,912 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 3,700 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  10,862 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 13,186 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 20,406 | ||||
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Swinderby railway station serves the villages ofSwinderby, North Scarle, Eagle andMorton Hall inLincolnshire,England. The station is 8.75 miles (14 km) south west ofLincoln Central on theNottingham to Lincoln Central Line, owned byNetwork Rail and managed byEast Midlands Railway who provide all services.
It is on theNottingham to Lincoln Line, which was engineered byGeorge Stephenson and opened by theMidland Railway on 3 August 1846.[1] The contractors for the line were Craven and Son of Newark and Nottingham;[1]
There was an accident at the station on 6 June 1928.[2] A mail train derailed due to the poor state of the track which resulted in nine passengers and eight Post Office officials being injured. One of the passengers later died from his injuries. The whole train came off the rails and the engine turned on its side.[3]
Four elements of the station are eachGrade II listed.
In 1868, Thomas Grundy, station master, was brought before Mr Justice Hannen at Lincolnshire Assizes, charged with manslaughter of John Alsobrook and Thomas Moore at Swinderby on 11 November 1867.[8] It was alleged that the station master had not taken proper precautions with the signalling and fog warning lights on a foggy evening and this neglect of his proper duty resulted in a collision between a fish train and a government train. The driver and fireman of the fish train were killed. The prosecution were unable to prove their case and Thomas Grundy was acquitted.[9]
The station, adjacent to thelevel crossing operated from the Swinderbysignal box, has two platforms which feature basic facilities. The full range of tickets for travel are purchased from theguard on the train at no extra cost. There are no retail facilities at this station.
All services at Swinderby are operated byEast Midlands Railway.[13]
The station is generally served by an hourly service southbound toLeicester viaNottingham and northbound toLincoln, although there are some two hour gaps between services in the middle of the day. One train every two hours continues beyond Lincoln toGrimsby Town, with a limited service continuing further toCleethorpes. The station is also served by five trains per day between Lincoln andNewark North Gate.[14]
The station is also served by one train per day to and fromLondon St Pancras International which are operated using aClass 222Meridian.
A roughly hourly service also serves the station on Sundays although services run only as far as Nottingham and do not serve stations to Leicester. There are no services to London on Sundays.
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Collingham | East Midlands Railway | Hykeham | ||
East Midlands Railway
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| Disused railways | ||||
Line and station open | Midland Railway | Line and station closed | ||
