Platform Layout and Services
There are five platforms at the station, numbered 1–5:
- Platforms 1 and 2 are bay platforms used for stabling units and for services to the east, usually to Peterborough, and occasionally to Grimsby Town and Cleethorpes.
- Platform 3, nearest to the station entrance, serves all terminating arrivals and through services from the west. It is occasionally used for eastbound services originating from Lincoln.
- Platforms 4 and 5 serve terminating arrivals from the east and most westbound departures to Leicester via Nottingham using the Nottingham to Lincoln Line ("Midland line"); and to Sheffield and Doncaster leaving via the Doncaster to Lincoln Line ("Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Line").
- Platform 4 is normally used by trains towards Newark-on-Trent (Newark North Gate/Newark Castle) and Nottingham.
- Platform 4 is also used when multiple-units need to be attached to, or detached from westbound trains as it is straight; the curvature of platform 5 can cause problems with the alignment of modern automatic couplers.
- Platform 5 is mostly used for westbound trains which are required to wait at Lincoln for some time, hence its regular use by many Northern Rail services but also sees use for through trains when platform 4 is being used for attaching or detaching carriages.
New franchise operator East Midlands Trains has started the running of a daily service between Lincoln Central and London St Pancras via Nottingham. The new direct service between Lincoln and London St Pancras started with a return service from 15 December 2008, it leave off platform 4 at 07:08 and is a 5-car class 222 ahead of an expected service increase the following year. Lincoln is home to an East Midlands Trains train crew depot, which uses locations around the station for the stabling of trains.
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