Metheringham railway station

Metheringham railway station serves the village of Metheringham in Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the Peterborough–Lincoln line. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway, which provides all its rail services.

Metheringham
General information
Location	Metheringham, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire England
Coordinates	53.139°N 0.391°W / 53.139; -0.391
Grid reference	TF077614
Managed by	East Midlands Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	MGM
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 August 1882	Opened as Blankney and Metheringham
11 September 1961	Closed for passengers
15 June 1964	closed for goods
6 October 1975	Reopened as Metheringham
Passengers
2019/20	95,698
2020/21	27,000
2021/22	64,858
2022/23	68,638
2023/24	67,488
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The station opened to passengers on 1 July 1882 as Blankney and Metheringham. The line that the Station operated on, stretched from Yorkshire to Cambridgeshire and was built by the Great Northern and Great Eastern Railways. This line became known as the 'Joint Line'.

In the early 20th century, Lord Londesborough constructed a mile long coach road, known as Blankney Ride to take visitors discreetly and directly from the station to his home at Blankney Hall.

During World War II, the Blankney Signal Box was designated as an Emergency Signal Centre that would take over in the case that the Signal Centre at Lincoln would be knocked out.

On the 11th of September 1961, Blankney and Metheringham Train Station had closed. However, passenger trains continued to run on the lines. In 1976 Lincolnshire County Council paid the sum of £7,415 (around £66,887 today) to reopen the station as Metheringham Station, which it is still known by today. Within its first two years of operations, the station had approximately 30,000 passengers per year. In 2008, it was estimated the station had 100,000 passengers.

It was being refurbished in 2019. The signal box at the south end of the station is labelled "Blankney". It formerly operated the level crossing on the B1189 road, but it closed in 2014, with its functions passing to the Lincoln Signalling Control Centre.^[1]

Class 170 pulling into Metheringham Station.

Names

• Blankney & Metheringham
• Metheringham (from 6 October 1975)

Blankney & Metheringham in 1961

Facilities

The station is unstaffed, and offers limited facilities. Both platforms have shelters and modern help points. There is a small car park and bicycle storage facility at the station. The full range of tickets for travel can be bought from the guard on the train at no extra cost as there are no retail facilities at the station. There is one Departure Board on Platform 1.^[2]

Services

All services at Metheringham are operated by East Midlands Railway.

On weekdays and Saturdays, the station is generally served by an hourly service northbound to Lincoln and southbound to Peterborough via Sleaford. Five trains per day are extended beyond Lincoln to Doncaster. The station is also served by a single daily service to and from Newark North Gate.^[3]

There is no Sunday service at the station.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Lincoln		East Midlands Railway Peterborough to Lincoln Line Monday-Saturday only		Ruskington
	Historical railways
Nocton and Dunston Line open, station closed		Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway Peterborough to Lincoln Line		Scopwick and Timberland Line open, station closed