Gainsborough Lea Road railway station

Gainsborough Lea Road
Class 153 Super Sprinter at the station in 2005
General information
Location	Gainsborough, West Lindsey England
Coordinates	53°23′10″N 0°46′09″W / 53.38600°N 0.76914°W / 53.38600; -0.76914
Grid reference	SK819883
Managed by	East Midlands Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	GBL
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Original company	Great Northern Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
15 July 1867	Opened as Gainsborough
9 July 1923	Renamed Gainsborough North
1 December 1923	Renamed Gainsborough Lea Road
Passengers
2019/20	174,122
Interchange	765
2020/21	42,386
Interchange	203
2021/22	0.146 million
Interchange	579
2022/23	0.169 million
Interchange	223
2023/24	0.185 million
Interchange	279
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Gainsborough Lea Road (originally opened as Gainsborough and briefly known as Gainsborough North) is one of two railway stations that serve the town of Gainsborough in Lincolnshire, England, the other being Gainsborough Central, which is located in the town centre. The station is managed by East Midlands Railway and is located 14+1⁄4 miles (23 km) northwest of Lincoln Central on the A156 Lea Road in the south of the town. It opened in 1867 on a single line of the Great Northern Railway, who ran four trains a day from Gainsborough to Lincoln.^{[1][page needed]}