Thornton Abbey railway station

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

Thornton Abbey
General information
Location	Thornton Abbey, North Lincolnshire England
Coordinates	53°39′16″N 0°19′23″W / 53.6545°N 0.3231°W / 53.6545; -0.3231
Grid reference	TA109188
Managed by	East Midlands Railway
Platforms	2^[1]
Other information
Station code	TNA
History
Original company	Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Central Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
August 1849^[2]	opened
Passengers
2018/19	1,114
2019/20	708
2020/21	238
2021/22	754
2022/23	1,134
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Station with Thornton Abbey gatehouse visible in background.

v t e Passenger lines of North East Lincolnshire
Legend
Hull Corporation Pier Barton- on-Humber Humber Ferry Barrow Haven New Holland Pier New Holland engine shed New Holland Town New Holland Goxhill East Halton Killingholme Admiralty Platform Thornton Abbey Killingholme Thornton Curtis Immingham West Jn Humber Road Jn Immingham Western Jetty Ulceby Aerodrome Platform Eastfield Road Ulceby North Jn Immingham Dock Ulceby Dock Entrance Immingham engine shed Immingham Eastern Jetty Immingham Queens Road Immingham Dock Immingham Town Eastern Entrance to Immingham Dock Sheffield– Lincoln line & South Humberside Main Line Immingham Halt Habrough Kiln Lane Stallingborough Marsh Road LC Healing No.5 Passing Place Great Coates Great Coates LC Pyewipe Depot Halt Pyewipe car sheds Cleveland Bridge Grimsby Pyewipe Road West Marsh Jn East Marsh Jn Cleveland Street Stortford Street Grimsby Town Boulevard Recreation Ground East Lincolnshire Rlwy to Boston Jackson Street Grimsby engine shed Yarborough Street Grimsby Docks Corporation Bridge Grimsby Pier Riby Street Platform New Clee Cleethorpes Kingsway (CCLR) Discovery Lakeside Central North Sea Lane Humberston North Sea Lane Beach South Sea Lane Lincolnshire Coast Lt Rly 1960–1985

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

1. King 2019, p. 79.
2. Butt 1995, p. 229.
3. Table 28 National Rail timetable, May 2021
4. "May 2021 Timetable Changes - Thornton Abbey". East Midlands Railway. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
5. "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.

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Thornton Abbey railway station.

• Train times and station information for Thornton Abbey railway station from National Rail