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Station Approach, GAINSBOROUGH, DN21 2AU

For a view of the "inside" of this former ironworks, please see Image

Re-developed engineering works buildings in Marshall's Yard http://www.marshallsyard.co.uk/

Opened in 1849 by the Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway on the line from Sheffield to Grimsby via Retford, it is hard to believe this was once a busy station with an overall roof. The overall roof was reduced to platform canopies c.1915 but the grand frontage with full-height portico, buildings and footbridge canopy were removed in 1977, leaving almost no facilities. View south towards Sturton, Retford and Sheffield. At the time this image was taken, only three trains each way a week were calling at the station. This was one of them. The original footbridge shown here was replaced in 2016. For a 2022 view in the opposite direction, see Image

Gainsborough Central station was opened by the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) on 2nd April 1849. The station buildings were demolished in 1975, leaving just the two platforms and a footbridge over the two railway lines. Weekday passenger services (which had been thrice-daily each way between Sheffield and Cleethorpes since the early 1980s) were withdrawn by British Rail in October 1993 leaving only three trains in each direction running on Saturdays. In the 2002/3 financial year, only five fare-paying passengers (excluding season ticket holders) boarded trains at Gainsborough Central station, and three disembarked, making it the least busy station in Great Britain, alongside Barry Links. The 2004/05 figures suggested 21 passengers used the station that year, putting it slightly above Watford West, a station which closed in 1996. The line through the station was upgraded and refurbished in 2008to allow it to carry increased levels of freight traffic from the port complex at Immingham to South Yorkshire and the East Midlands. In May 2019 Northern Rail introduced an hourly service between Gainsborough Central and Sheffield on weekdays and Saturdays, which was the most regular service the station had received since 1849. However, it is now back to the skeleton service of no trains Monday to Friday and Sunday and just three trains on Saturday, four hours apart. This can be seen on the timetable - www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7476340

Gainsborough Central Signal Box in the distance.

Gainsborough Central station was opened by the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) on 2nd April 1849. The station buildings were demolished in 1975, leaving just the two platforms and a footbridge over the two railway lines. Weekday passenger services (which had been thrice-daily each way between Sheffield and Cleethorpes since the early 1980s) were withdrawn by British Rail in October 1993 leaving only three trains in each direction running on Saturdays. In the 2002/3 financial year, only five fare-paying passengers (excluding season ticket holders) boarded trains at Gainsborough Central station, and three disembarked, making it the least busy station in Great Britain, alongside Barry Links. The 2004/05 figures suggested 21 passengers used the station that year, putting it slightly above Watford West, a station which closed in 1996. The line through the station was upgraded and refurbished in 2008to allow it to carry increased levels of freight traffic from the port complex at Immingham to South Yorkshire and the East Midlands. In May 2019 Northern Rail introduced an hourly service between Gainsborough Central and Sheffield on weekdays and Saturdays, which was the most regular service the station had received since 1849. However, it is now back to the skeleton service of no trains Monday to Friday and Sunday and just three trains on Saturday, four hours apart. This can be seen on the timetable - www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7476340 Beyond the white fence are disused platforms - see www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7476353