Skegness train station
You can reach 18 stations directly from Skegness on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Boston, with 30 trains a day.
Skegness is the nearest station for postcodes in PE25, PE24, LN12. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Skegness
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | 30 | 30 | 23 |
| Wainfleet | 30 | 30 | 23 |
| Bingham | 29 | 29 | 1 |
| Heckington | 29 | 29 | 1 |
| Nottingham | 29 | 29 | 1 |
| Sleaford | 29 | 29 | 1 |
| Radcliffe | 27 | 27 | 1 |
| Grantham | 26 | 27 | 1 |
| Bottesford | 20 | 20 | 1 |
| Aslockton | 19 | 19 | 1 |
| Ancaster | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Netherfield | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Hubberts Bridge | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Rauceby | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Thorpe Culvert | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Havenhouse | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Swineshead | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Elton and Orston | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Lines serving Skegness
Skegness 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 Skegness station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Skegness station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Skegness station is
397,520 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 986th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Skegness and Nottingham than any other pair: 91,916 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: 10 stations instead of 18, a drop of about 44%. Saturday runs to 18.
Nearest other stations
- Havenhouse 3.2 miles
- Wainfleet 4.9 miles
- Thorpe Culvert 5.8 miles
- Boston 19.0 miles
- Hubberts Bridge 21.8 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Skegness, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Seacroft · 1.2 miles
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Facilities at Skegness station
Skegness is staffed full time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 07:55 to 16:30 · Saturday: 07:55 to 16:30 · Sunday: closed
Toilets · Waiting room
Cycle parking: 34 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 11 June 2026.
Getting to Skegness station
Skegness station is in East Lindsey, East Midlands, and is run by East Midlands Railway.
11 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Skegness 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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