Boston railway station


Boston railway station serves the town of Boston in Lincolnshire, England.
The station is now owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway who provide all rail services.

History

The station opened for service on 17 October 1848 with the opening of the Great Northern Railway East Lincolnshire line.
The station has declined in importance since the 1960s. In its heyday the station employed over 50 staff and had two through tracks and cover over the platform tracks. The Skegness bound platform had classic Great Northern Railway architecture buildings as well, now replaced with plastic shelters. The station frontage remains, albeit altered, in partially reconstructed manner, and some of the buildings have found new uses.
Boston station was once an important junction, with two lines diverging in either direction. Today, only the eastbound line to Skegness, and the westbound line towards Sleaford remain in use. There was previously a southbound line to Spalding that joined the line to Peterborough, and a north-westbound line to Woodhall Junction and thence on towards Lincoln, Horncastle, or Louth. Both surviving routes are single line, with a passing loop at the station.
To the south of the station the access to Boston Docks via the swing bridge and the site of the Broadfield Lane depot remain. To the north along the old Lincoln to Boston and Horncastle route, about 2 miles north of the town is the old Hall Hills sleeper depot.

Station Masters

As of December 2018 there is an approximately hourly service on weekdays to via and. Some early morning and late evening trains start or terminate here. A limited service operates on Sundays in winter, with extra trains in the summer timetable period.