Skegness railway station
Skegness 
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The station concourse
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| Location | |
| Place | Skegness |
| Local authority | East Lindsey |
| Coordinates | 53°08′35″N 0°20′02″E / 53.143°N 0.334°ECoordinates: 53°08′35″N 0°20′02″E / 53.143°N 0.334°E |
| Grid reference | TF562631 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SKG |
| Managed by | East Midlands Trains |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 356,812 |
| 2012/13 |
335,276 |
| 2013/14 |
322,796 |
| 2014/15 |
 351,134 |
| 2015/16 |
354,070 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1873 |
| Original company | Wainfleet and Firsby Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Northern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| 28 July 1873 | Station opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Skegness from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Skegness railway station serves the seaside resort of Skegness in Lincolnshire, England.
The station is now owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains who provide all rail services which run to and from Nottingham.
The line to Wainfleet was opened in August 1873 by the Wainfleet and Firsby Railway. This line was then extended to Skegness; the station opened on 28 July 1873.
Skegness was dubbed "the Blackpool of the East Coast" or "Nottingham by the Sea", and has a mascot, the Jolly Fisherman (designed by John Hassall in 1908 for the Great Northern Railway), and a slogan - Skegness is so bracing - a reference to the chilly prevailing north-easterly winds that can and frequently do blow off the North Sea.
Up until 1966 the railway station used to have a goods yard with sheds, however this area along with platform one was demolished between 1980 and 1983. This area is now used as a car park belonging to nearby offices. There was a Seacroft railway station located just outside Skegness but this has also now closed. The next station on the line is Havenhouse. In 2006, all loco hauled services to Skegness were halted due to the weight of the locos buckling the rails frequently. However this ban has since been lifted after Network Rail began a track renewal scheme which is now entering the final phase.
As of June 2017 there is an hourly service to Nottingham via Grantham although some peak services bypass Grantham, continuing straight to Nottingham.
There is also a return service from Derby to Skegness using an HST on summer Saturdays and Bank Holidays
On summer Sundays some services start and terminate at Mansfield.
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