Thornton Abbey railway station

Railway station in North Lincolnshire, England

53°39′16″N 0°19′23″W / 53.6545°N 0.3231°W / 53.6545; -0.3231Grid referenceTA109188Managed byEast Midlands RailwayPlatforms2^[1]Other informationStation codeTNAHistoryOriginal companyGreat Grimsby and Sheffield Junction RailwayPre-groupingGreat Central RailwayPost-groupingLNERKey datesAugust 1849^[2]openedPassengers2018/19

1,1142019/20

7082020/21

2382021/22

7542022/23

1,134

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Passenger lines of
North East Lincolnshire

Legend

Hull Corporation Pier

Barton-

on-Humber

Humber Ferry

New Holland Town

New Holland

Goxhill

East Halton

Thornton Abbey

Immingham West Jn

Humber Road Jn

Eastfield Road

Ulceby North Jn

Dock Entrance

Immingham

Eastern Jetty

Immingham

Queens Road

Immingham Dock

Immingham Town

South Humberside

Main Line

West Marsh Jn

East Marsh Jn

East Lincolnshire Rlwy

to Boston

Corporation Bridge

Kingsway

(CCLR)

Discovery

Lakeside Central

North Sea Lane

Humberston

North Sea Lane

Beach

South Sea Lane

Lincolnshire Coast Lt Rly

1960–1985

Thornton Abbey railway station is close to the site of Thornton Abbey in North Lincolnshire, England.

It was built by the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway in 1849, replacing a temporary one at Thornton Curtis. It also serves the village of Thornton Curtis and is managed by East Midlands Railway.

Services

All services at Thornton Abbey are operated by East Midlands Railway using Class 170 DMUs.

The typical Monday-Saturday service is one train every two hours between Cleethorpes and Barton-on-Humber.^[3]

There is a Sunday service of four trains per day in each direction during the summer months only. There are no winter Sunday services at the station.

Services were previously operated by Northern Trains but transferred to East Midlands Railway as part of the May 2021 timetable changes.^[4]^[5]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Goxhill		East Midlands Railway Barton Line		Ulceby

References

References

^ King 2019, p. 79.
^ Butt 1995, p. 229.
^ Table 28 National Rail timetable, May 2021
^ "May 2021 Timetable Changes - Thornton Abbey". East Midlands Railway. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
^ "May Milestone for MML Timetable". Modern Railways. No. 872. May 2021. p. 23.

Sources

Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
King, Paul (2019). The Railways of North-east Lincolnshire, Part 2: Stations. Grimsby: Pyewipe Publications. ISBN 978-1-9164603-1-7.