Hubberts Bridge railway station serves the village of Hubberts Bridge in Lincolnshire, England. It is located on the Sleaford to Boston section of the Poacher line. Opened along with the line by the Boston, Sleaford and Midland Counties Railway in 1859,[1] The eastbound platform is longer than the westbound platform: it can accommodate a three-car train, whereas the westbound platform can only accommodate a two-car train.[2]
Hubberts Bridge  | |||||
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| Location | Hubberts Bridge, Boston England | ||||
| Coordinates | 52°58′31″N 0°06′36″W / 52.97540°N 0.11010°W | ||||
| Grid reference | TF269436 | ||||
| Managed by | East Midlands Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | HBB | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
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| 2019/20 |  1,252 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 180 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  470 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 896 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 806 | ||||
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The station is now owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway who provide all rail services.
A signal box at the West end of the station supervises a level crossing and the western end of the single track section from Boston. However, the station itself 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 guard on the train at no extra cost, there are no retail facilities at this station.
Services
editAll services at Hubberts Bridge are operated by East Midlands Railway.
On weekdays and Saturdays, the station is served by a limited service of two trains per day in each direction, westbound to Nottingham via Grantham and eastbound to Skegness via Boston.[3]
There is no Sunday service at the station, although a normal service operates on most Bank Holidays.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Swineshead | East Midlands Railway
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Boston | ||
References
edit- ^ Body, G. (1986). PSL Field Guides - Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 1. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 73. ISBN 0-85059-712-9.
- ^ Yonge, John (September 2006) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 2: Eastern (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 25C. ISBN 0-9549866-2-8.
- ^ Table 19 National Rail timetable, May 2022
External links
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- Train times and station information for Hubberts Bridge railway station from National Rail