The LNER Encyclopedia

Eastbound passenger trains through Sleaford station during Summer (May to September) 1965


0713 MX 3J75 0645 Grantham to Boston parcels
0750 2J58 0727 Grantham to Sleaford DMU
0756 2J63 0730 Lincoln to Boston DMU
0823 SO 1E82 0650 Derby Midland to Yarmouth Vauxhall (until 11th September only)
0855 SO 1E89 0752 Nottingham Midland to Skegness (does not stop) (3rd July to 4th September only)
0929 SO 1K71 0800 Doncaster to Skegness (does not stop) (until 4th September only)
0936 2J61 0910 Lincoln to Boston DMU
0940 SO 1E84 0835 Nottingham Midland to Mablethorpe (3rd July to 28th August only)
0949 2J69 0925 Grantham to Boston DMU (0951 ThO)
1008 SO 1E91 0830 Derby Midland to Mablethorpe
1020 SX 1E80 0830 Derby Midland to Skegness (12th July to 3rd September only)
1030 SX 1E87 0920 Nottingham Midland to Mablethorpe (26th July to 3rd September only)
1035 SO 1K24 0825 Sheffield Victoria to Skegness (does not stop) (until 4th September only)
1042 SO 1E93 0730 Kings Norton to Skegness (does not stop) (10th July to 4th September only)
1057 SO 1E86 0905 Leicester London Road to Skegness (until 11th September only)
1110 SO 1E85 0940 Derby Midland to Skegness (does not stop) (until 11th September only)
1130 SO 1E92 0930 Leicester London Road to Mablethorpe (does not stop) (until 11th September only)
1136 SO 1K26 0937 Sheffield Victoria to Skegness (does not stop) (17th July to 28th August only)
1140 SO 1E97 0920 Westhouses to Skegness (until 4th September only)
1154 SO 1K72 0949 Sheffield Victoria to Mablethorpe (does not stop) (until 4th September only)
1202 2J70 1138 Grantham to Boston DMU
1222 SO 1L56 0910 Manchester Piccadilly to Skegness (does not stop) (until 4th September only)
1252 2J71 1231 (1227 SO) Grantham to Boston DMU
1738 2J37 1713 Grantham to Sleaford DMU
1800 2J46 1800 Sleaford to Boston DMU
1950 2J73 1930 Grantham to Sleaford DMU
2001 2J67 1935 Lincoln to Boston DMU
2103 2J68 2037 Lincoln to Boston DMU
2219 SX 3J76 2154 Grantham to Boston parcels


NOTE: in addition to those; the following eastbound seasonal trains used the avoiding line to Sleaford South.
0956 SO 1J97 0746 Sheffield Victoria to Yarmouth Vauxhall (until 28th August)
1026 SO 1E51 0741 Bradford 0803 Leeds to Yarmouth Vauxhall (until 11th September)
1202 SO 1E43 0931 York to Lowestoft (until 28th August)
1700 SO 1E70 1250 Liverpool to Cambridge (26th June to 4th September)

I wonder how many of them (part from the DMUs) were still steam-hauled?

I recall travelling from Leicester to Skeggy behind a steam loco in this sort of time period.