Rauceby railway station is a railway station serving the villages of Quarrington and

South Rauceby South Rauceby is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated west from Sleaford. The village of North Rauceby is less than to the north. The 2001 Census recorded a village population of 3 ...

as well as the Greylees development in

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, England.

History

The station originally served Rauceby village and later, from 1902, Rauceby Mental Hospital (the former

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, which lies immediately to the south of the railway station and was closed in 1997) and the village of

. The line was built by the

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. The former leader of the Liberal Democrats,

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, proposed to his wife on a platform at the station.

Station

The station is now owned by

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and managed by

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, which provides all rail services. A local road crosses the line at the western edge of the platforms, where a signal box and manually operated crossing gates are located. The main Grantham to Sleaford road runs to the north of the railway station and crosses the line about a quarter of a mile north-east of the station, where automatic barriers are used. There is a working signal box at the west end of the station, however the station 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

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on the train at no extra cost as there are no retail facilities or ticket machines at this station.

Services

In the winter 2023 timetable, there are four daily services eastward to and three westward to via Grantham, all at peak hours only. There is no Sunday service. A normal service operates on most bank holidays.

References

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* ; Rauceby station on 1891 OS map. {{Railway stations served by East Midlands Railway Railway stations in Lincolnshire DfT Category F2 stations Former Great Northern Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1881 Railway stations served by East Midlands Railway 1881 establishments in England Sleaford