Grantham
Station Information
Grantham is a staffed station served by Hull Trains, East Midlands Railway, LNER. Allow 7 minutes to change trains here.
How reliable is this station?
Of the 4549 services that called at Grantham over the last 30 days, 74% ran on time, 24% arrived more than 5 minutes late, and 2% were cancelled. Today has been broadly in line with that trend: 69% of 68 services so far are on time. The worst recent day was 26 Oct, when 100% of services were delayed. Live cancellations, platform changes, and short-notice delays update in the board above; the 30-day figures are updated nightly from National Rail Darwin data.
Which operators run through here?
Grantham is served by LNER, East Midlands Railway and Hull Trains. LNER runs the bulk of weekday services (around ~undefined/day), with the long-distance operators — East Midlands Railway — adding the cross-country and London links. Hull Trains is an open-access operator that only stops here on certain routes; you can see their full calling patterns in the live board above. Tap any service on the board to view its full calling list, platform and delay history.
Where do trains from Grantham go?
The most common direct destination from Grantham is London Kings Cross (around 360+ trains per day), followed by Peterborough, Nottingham, and Doncaster. Direct services also run to 4 other destinations. The live board above shows every departure in the next hour; tap the chip to filter by destination or use the search above. 8 direct routes are published from this station, covering most major UK cities.
Current disruption affecting this station
There are no current disruption messages for Grantham. If a problem develops during your journey, Railly surfaces the same station messages National Rail shows in its app — refresh the board to see updates.
Accessibility at Grantham
Grantham has full step-free access and is fully staffed throughout opening hours. A station wheelchair is available on request. A taxi rank is outside the main entrance and bus stops are within a short walk. National Rail's Passenger Assist service can book assistance on any train from this station — recommend booking at least 2 hours before travel.
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Popular journeys from Grantham
Facilities
Ticket office hours
Mon–Fri 05:35–16:00
Sat 08:00–15:00
Sun 09:00–15:00
Information desk hours
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri 05:30–00:50
Sat 05:30–23:15
Sun 08:55–00:00
Connections
Accessibility
Step-free and accessible travel
This station has step free access to all platforms.
This station is a category A station according to the Office of Rail and Road station classification system https://www.orr.gov.uk/media/10955.
Grantham has a RNIB Map for All located outside the main entrance to the left of the doors.
Staff can deploy station ramps at all times when trains are operating through this station to help customers who need step-free access board any train at this station. Where in circumstances beyond our control station staff are not available, on train staff can deploy the on board ramp if necessary.