Thorpe Culvert  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Thorpe St Peter,East Lindsey England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°07′23″N0°11′58″E / 53.12303°N 0.19937°E /53.12303; 0.19937 | ||||
| Grid reference | TF472606 | ||||
| Managed by | East Midlands Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | TPC | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 24 October 1871 (1871-10-24) | ||||
| Original company | Wainfleet and Firsby Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Great Northern Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  32 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  580 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 396 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 364 | ||||
| 2024/25 | 788 | ||||
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Thorpe Culvert railway station serves the village ofThorpe St Peter inLincolnshire,England. It is situated 7 miles (11 km) from Skegness and 16.75 miles (27 km) from Boston.
The station is now owned byNetwork Rail and managed byEast Midlands Railway who provide all rail services.
Asignal box is present at the West end of the station to supervise alevel crossing, however, the station itself 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 theguard on the train at no extra cost, there are no retail facilities at this station.
The station was opened by theWainfleet and Firsby Railway for passenger traffic on 24 October 1871[1] when the line opened between Firsby and Wainfleet. The passenger service was extended from Wainfleet to Skegness on 28 July 1873.[1]
From 1896 theWainfleet and Firsby Railway was taken over by theGreat Northern Railway. Originally a single line the route was doubled by the GNR and this reached Thorpe Culvert on 9 July 1899.
All services at Thorpe Culvert are operated byEast Midlands Railway.
On weekdays and Saturdays, the station is served by a limited service of two trains per day westbound toNottingham viaGrantham and three trains per day eastbound toSkegness.[2]
There is no Sunday service at the station, although a normal service operates on most Bank Holidays.
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Boston | East Midlands Railway
| Wainfleet | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Great Northern Railway | ||||
