Boston train station
You can reach 18 stations directly from Boston on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Bingham, with 32 trains a day.
Boston is the nearest station for postcodes in PE21, PE22. Check your own postcode.
- 18 direct destinations
- 1,223rd busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 30 parking spaces
- 14 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Boston
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bingham | 32 | 32 | 2 |
| Heckington | 32 | 32 | 2 |
| Nottingham | 32 | 32 | 2 |
| Sleaford | 32 | 32 | 2 |
| Radcliffe | 30 | 30 | 1 |
| Skegness | 30 | 30 | 23 |
| Wainfleet | 30 | 30 | 23 |
| Grantham | 29 | 30 | 2 |
| Bottesford | 23 | 23 | 1 |
| Aslockton | 22 | 22 | 2 |
| Ancaster | 9 | 9 | 1 |
| Netherfield | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Rauceby | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| Hubberts Bridge | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Thorpe Culvert | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Havenhouse | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Swineshead | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Elton and Orston | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Lines serving Boston
Boston is on the Grantham to Skegness Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Boston station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Boston station on 22 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 6 paths on the Wednesday, no paths on the Saturday and no paths on the Sunday. 1 of them runs whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move.
The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.
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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless
How busy Boston station is
267,184 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,223rd busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 2 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Boston and Nottingham than any other pair: 77,036 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 12 stations instead of 18, a drop of about 33%. Saturday runs to 18.
Nearest other stations
- Hubberts Bridge 3.3 miles
- Swineshead 6.5 miles
- Heckington 10.9 miles
- Thorpe Culvert 13.9 miles
- Spalding 14.1 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Boston, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
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Facilities at Boston station
Boston is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday: 07:40 to 15:20 · Sunday: closed
Toilets
Parking at Boston station
- Station Approach car park 30 spaces
Cycle parking: 16 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 11 June 2026.
Getting to Boston station
Boston station is in Boston, East Midlands, and is run by East Midlands Railway.
14 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Asda Store.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Boston station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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