Gainsborough Lea Road railway station is the major station in the town of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. The town's other station is Gainsborough Central. The station is 14.25 miles (23 km) northwest of Lincoln Central.
The station opened in 1849 on a single line of the Great Northern Railway, who ran four trains a day from Gainsborough to Lincoln.
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