Gainsborough Lea Road railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Gainsborough Lea Road
code = GBL


manager = Northern Rail
locale = Gainsborough
borough = West Lindsey, Lincolnshire
lowusage0405 = 120,891
lowusage0506 = 132,747
lowusage0607 = 106,634
platforms = 2
start =
latitude = 53.385
longitude = -0.769

Gainsborough Lea Road railway station is the major station in the town of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. The town's other station is Gainsborough Central. The station is 23 km (14¼ miles) northwest of Lincoln Central.

Location

Compared to Gainsborough Central, Lea Road is very inconveniently sited, being around a 20 minute walk from the town centre. Whilst there is a bus between the station and the town centre, this is not timetabled to connect with train services.

ervices

Monday to Saturdays on the Sheffield-Lincoln Line there is generally an hourly service westbound to Sheffield and beyond and eastbound to Lincoln Central with a two-hourly service on Sundays.

On the Doncaster-Lincoln Line there are 5 East Midlands Trains per day Monday to Saturday direct to Doncaster northbound and Lincoln Central southbound with some trains extending to Peterborough run by Class 153 units.

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