Havenhouse railway station is a remote railway station situated south-west of Skegness in Lincolnshire, England. The station is now owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway who provide all rail services. It is from the former Firsby North Junction, and from London Kings Cross measured via Spalding, and is between Skegness and Wainfleet.
History
There is no settlement called Havenhouse, although one farm shares the name. The station was originally called 'Croft Bank' when was opened on 28 July 1873 by the Wainfleet and Firsby Railway but was renamed to Havenhouse in 1900.
The signal box has been closed and demolished, and part of the former station buildings are now a private residence. The waiting shelter on the Skegness-bound platform has no door or windows, and may among the smallest waiting rooms in Great Britain.
Up until the late 1960s, the station was the terminus of a three mile narrow-gauge railway bringing local produce to the station.
Facilities The station is unstaffed and offers limited facilities other than two waiting rooms, bicycle storage, timetables and modern 'Help Points'. The full range of tickets for travel are purchased from the guard on the train. Passenger volume In 2018/19 it was the least used station in Lincolnshire and in the East Midlands and the fifth least used station in Great Britain. Due to its remote location and sparse service, it sees very few passengers, although is sometimes used by passengers for the Gibraltar Point nature reserve. +Passenger volume at Havenhouse2004–052005–062006–072007–082008–092009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–162016–172017–182018–192019–202020–212021–222022–232023–242024–25Entries and exits80985884316328378100132226278166162106172158841623801,200698902 The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
Services All services at Havenhouse are operated by East Midlands Railway. On weekdays and Saturdays, the station is served by a limited service of two trains per day in each direction, westbound to via , and eastbound to . There is no Sunday service at the station.
Community rail The station, as with all others between Nottingham and Skegness, is promoted by the Poacher Line Community Rail Partnership.
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