Grantham railway station 4.5

Grantham railway station serves the town of Grantham in Lincolnshire, England and lies on the East Coast Main Line (ECML) 105.5mi north of London King's Cross.HistoryThe original station at Grantham was opened when the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston & Eastern Junction Railway opened its line from Nottingham on 15 July 1850. This line was taken over by the Great Northern Railway in 1854. This was replaced by the present station which opened on 1 August 1852; the Old Wharf station closed the following day.The new station was on the GNR's direct line between Peterborough and Retford, which was completed in 1852. The alternative route via Boston and Lincoln had already opened in 1850. The Boston, Sleaford and Midland Counties Railway opened their line from Barkston Junction, 2 miles north of Grantham, to Sleaford in 1857, and on to Boston in 1859. This railway was taken over by the GNR in 1864. The Grantham to Lincoln line, which branched off the Sleaford line at, was opened in 1867. Finally, the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway was opened in 1879. This ran from and in the south, through Melton Mowbray to and Newark in the north, crossing the Grantham to Nottingham line near. The GNR operated a Grantham to Leicester service via this route.