Gainsborough Lea Road railway station

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Gainsborough Lea Road
Location
Place	Gainsborough
Local authority	West Lindsey, Lincolnshire
Coordinates	53°23′06″N 0°46′08″W / 53.385, -0.769Coordinates: 53°23′06″N 0°46′08″W / 53.385, -0.769
Operations
Station code	GBL
Managed by	Northern Rail
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	0.121 million
2005/06 *	0.133 million
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Gainsborough Lea Road from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Services

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.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Retford		Northern Rail Sheffield-Lincoln line		Saxilby
Saxilby		East Midlands Trains Doncaster-Lincoln line Mondays-Saturdays only		Doncaster