Metheringham railway station serves the village of

Metheringham Metheringham is an English village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 3,605. It is about south of the city and county town of Lincoln and north of Sleafo ...

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. It lies on the

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. It is owned by

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and managed by

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, which provides all its rail services.

History

The station opened to passengers on 1 July 1882 as Blankney and Metheringham. It closed to them on 11 September 1961 but reopened on 6 October 1975 as Metheringham. 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

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, but it closed in 2014, with its functions passing to the Lincoln Signalling Control Centre.].

Names

*Blankney & Metheringham *Metheringham (from 6 October 1975) Blankney & Metheringham Station 1831288 9d802990

Facilities

The station is unstaffed, and offers limited facilities. Both platforms have shelters and modern passenger information system, help points. There is a small

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and bicycle storage facility at the station. The full range of tickets for travel can be bought from the

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on the train at no extra cost as there are no retail facilities at the station.

Services

All services at Metheringham are operated by

. On weekdays and Saturdays, the station is generally served by an hourly service northbound to and southbound to via . Five trains per day are extended beyond Lincoln to . The station is also served by a single daily service to and from . There is no Sunday service at the station.

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{{Railway stations served by East Midlands Railway Railway stations in Lincolnshire DfT Category F2 stations Former Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1882 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1961 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1975 Reopened railway stations in Great Britain Railway stations served by East Midlands Railway