Thorpe Culvert railway station
Railway station in Lincolnshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Thorpe Culvert railway station serves the village of Thorpe St Peter in Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 7 miles (11 km) from Skegness and 16.75 miles (27 km) from Boston.
General information | |||||
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Location | Thorpe St Peter, East Lindsey England | ||||
Coordinates | 53.12303°N 0.19937°E / 53.12303; 0.19937 | ||||
Grid reference | TF472606 | ||||
Managed by | East Midlands Railway | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
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 | |||||
2018/19 | 258 | ||||
2019/20 | 140 | ||||
2020/21 | 32 | ||||
2021/22 | 580 | ||||
2022/23 | 396 | ||||
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The station is now owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway who provide all rail services.
A signal box is present at the West end of the station to supervise a level 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 the guard on the train at no extra cost, there are no retail facilities at this station.