Trains to Scunthorpe - Station Details and further Information on Scunthorpe Train Services
Scunthorpe train station serves the town of Scunthorpe in North Lincolnshire, England. The station is located a short walk from the town centre on Station Road.
As you approach 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, which is open between 05:45-19:30, Monday-Saturday, and 08:45-19:30 Sunday. 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 Northern Rail "stopper" services toward Doncaster do use this platform through the day. All westbound First TransPennine Express services, and most Northern Rail services use Platform 2. This platform is accessible via a bridge over the tracks.
The station has limited seating on both platforms, and three waiting rooms. There are toilets available on Platform 1, which are only accessible by requesting the key from the Ticket Office. Due to these restrictions, the toilets are kept in a very clean condition, and were awarded the title of "Loo of the Year" in 2005, under the Railway Stations category.
This is not the original Scunthorpe station, it was known as Frodingham and located over 1/2 mile to the east near the Brigg Road bridge (then a level crossing). It was closed when the present station was opened in 1926. For over 40 years this station was known as "Scunthorpe & Frodingham".
From 1906 the town had another station serving the North Lindsey Light Railway, a line which ran from Dawes Lane, about 1/2 mile to the east, to (originally), West Halton.
There is a basic hourly service eastwards to Grimsby & Cleethorpes and two per hour westbound to Doncaster and Sheffield - one is the limited stop TPE service that continues to Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport and the other is the local service operated by Northern Rail that calls at all intermediate stations en-route.
On Sundays, there is a two-hourly TPE service each way in the mornings, improving to hourly in the afternoon.
A programme of major engineering work on the route between Thorne Junction and Scunthorpe in the summer of 2009 will see all passenger trains to and from the station replaced by buses for 10 weeks. This is to allow embankment reconstruction work to take place on the affected section. |