In 2022/2023, Gainsborough Central had 1,950 entries and exits, making it the 2,470^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 985^th busiest (out of 997), with 23 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 5.34 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 1.63 passengers per service*, giving it the 1,524^th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
* This increases to a daily average of 5.57 passengers passing through the station and 1.77 passengers per service when interchanges are included.
Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Plat.	Metres	VF*	Notes
Down	138	501
Up	138	501

*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

2006-07 Group Of Stations
2007-08 Ignore - Less than 15,000 E&X
2012-13 0
2014-15 Very small station
2018-19 Absolute change in passengers is small
2019-20 May 2019 timetable change introduced hourly service between Sheffield and Gainsborough Central

Location: Gainsborough Central
CRS: GNB / NLC: 6465 / TIPLOC(S): GBROC
Station Facility Owner: Northern Trains
OS Grid Ref: 481912 389849
Constituency: Gainsborough
Local Authority: Lincolnshire
NR Region: East Midlands
Station Group: GAINSBOROUGH BR
ELR: MAC3 74m 42ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Gainsborough Central during 2022/2023:
•Lincoln (300 journeys)
•Grimsby Town (264 journeys)
•Cleethorpes (162 journeys)
•Worksop (102 journeys)
•Retford (74 journeys)
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