Scunthorpe railway station serves the town of

Scunthorpe Scunthorpe () is an industrial town in Lincolnshire, England, and the county's third most populous settlement after Lincoln, England, Lincoln and Grimsby, with a population of 81,286 in 2021. It is the administrative centre and largest settleme ...

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, England. The station is located a short walk from the town centre, on Station Road. As one approaches the station by road, there is a pay and display car park with around 50 spaces, including 2 disabled spaces. From the car park, it is a short walk to the Ticket Office. Close to the entrance, there is a public telephone box. The station has two platforms. Platform 1 serves mainly eastbound trains toward Grimsby/Cleethorpes, although some

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"local stopper" services toward Doncaster do use this platform through the day. All westbound

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(TPE) services, and most Northern services use Platform 2. This platform is accessible via a footbridge over the tracks and is not accessible for wheelchairs or mobility-impaired passengers. Lifts however, became available at this station in spring 2019. The station has limited seating on both platforms and three waiting rooms. There are toilets available on Platform 1. This is not the original Scunthorpe station. The original station was known as Frodingham and located over half a mile to the east near the Brigg Road bridge (then a level crossing). It opened in 1864, it was replaced by a second station just 200 yd west from the first in 1887. This one was closed when the present station was opened on 11 March 1928. For over 40 years, the original station was known as "Scunthorpe & Frodingham". From 1906, the town had another station serving the

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, a line which ran from Dawes Lane, about half a mile to the east, to (originally) West Halton.

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Services

Services at Scunthorpe are operated by

and

. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 1 tph to via (semi-fast) * 1 tp2h to (all stations) * 1 tph to (semi-fast) On Sundays, the stopping service to Doncaster does not operate. The service between Cleethorpes and Liverpool runs hourly from mid-morning. A programme of major engineering work on the route between Thorne Junction and Scunthorpe in the summer of 2009 closed the line for 10 weeks to allow embankment reconstruction work to take place. In February 2013 the line northeast of Hatfield and Stainforth station towards Thorne was blocked by the Hatfield Colliery landslip, with all services over the section halted. The line reopened in July 2013. During the closure a modified timetable was in operation with Cleethorpes trains starting/terminating here.

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{{Authority control Buildings and structures in Scunthorpe Railway stations in the Borough of North Lincolnshire DfT Category D stations Former London and North Eastern Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1928 Railway stations served by TransPennine Express Railway stations served by Northern