Ruskington train station
You can reach 12 stations directly from Ruskington on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Lincoln, with 30 trains a day.
- 12 direct destinations
- 1,912th busiest in Britain
- Unstaffed
- Step-free in part
- 30 parking spaces
- 1 bus stop nearby
Direct trains from Ruskington
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln | 30 | 31 | 0 |
| Metheringham | 30 | 31 | 0 |
| Peterborough | 30 | 29 | 0 |
| Spalding | 30 | 29 | 0 |
| Sleaford | 29 | 31 | 0 |
| Collingham | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Gainsborough Lea Road | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hykeham | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Newark Northgate | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Swinderby | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Saxilby | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Lines serving Ruskington
Ruskington is on the Peterborough to Lincoln Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Ruskington station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Ruskington station on 580 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 102 paths on the Wednesday, 88 paths on the Saturday and 9 paths on the Sunday. 69 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move. The busiest hour is 21:00 to 22:00 on the Wednesday, with 10 paths booked.
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 Ruskington station is
70,984 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,912th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Ruskington and Lincoln than any other pair: 40,398 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
There is no Sunday service from Ruskington. About one station in seventeen has none, so this is not unusual, but it is worth knowing before travelling.
Nearest other stations
- Sleaford 3.4 miles
- Rauceby 5.0 miles
- Heckington 5.7 miles
- Metheringham 6.8 miles
- Ancaster 7.4 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Ruskington, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Digby · 2.7 miles
- Scopwick and Timberland · 4.7 miles
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Facilities at Ruskington station
Ruskington is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
Parking at Ruskington station
- Station Car Park 30 spaces
Cycle parking: 16 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 11 June 2026.
Getting to Ruskington station
Ruskington station is in North Kesteven, East Midlands, and is run by East Midlands Railway.
1 bus stop is within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Ruskington 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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