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Lincoln Central

Name: Lincoln Central punctuality
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Trains at Lincoln Central arrived on average 2 min late over the last 30 days, based on 123 timed arrivals out of 166 services; 88% were within 5 minutes.

Counted from 14 September 2026 to 14 September 2026, as of 14 September 2026. Facts from the rail feeds we archive; nothing on this page is a prediction. How we count.

88%
within 5 min, of 123: 2 min
late on average: 0
cancelled, of 166

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Next departures

Board as of 10:10 London time; each train shows when its last update arrived. Times are the feed's own; a platform is marked expected until the operator confirms it.

Matlock
10:14 · Platform 3A (expected) · updated 09:5210:14On time

Peterborough
10:19 · Platform 2 · updated 10:0310:19On time

Leeds
10:23 · Platform 5A (expected) · updated 09:0810:23On time

Doncaster
10:34 · Platform 3A (expected) · updated 09:2710:34On time

Crewe
10:42 · Platform 5A (expected) · updated 10:0710:42On time

Cleethorpes
10:44 · Platform 3A (expected) · updated 10:0610:44On time

Matlock
11:10 · Platform not yet known · updated 09:5711:10On time

Peterborough
11:19 · Platform 2 (expected) · updated 08:1211:19On time

All 11 departures in the next two hours

Punctuality

How trains here have run

Trains at Lincoln Central arrived on average 2 min late over the last 30 days, based on 123 timed arrivals out of 166 services; 88% were within 5 minutes. Half of them were on time and four in five were within 2 min. 0 services were cancelled (0%) and 1 more was cancelled at some stops. The platform changed after being announced on 1% of 155 calls with a platform. The busiest hour is 16:00–17:00 (13 services); the worst day was Monday 14 September 2026 (2 min late on average).

Punctuality at Lincoln Central, measured at this station against the public timetable. Rates show the sample they are counted from; “—” means no figure. Platform changes are counted over calls with a platform.
Measure	7 days14 September 2026 – 14 September 2026	30 days14 September 2026 – 14 September 2026	All time14 September 2026 – 14 September 2026
Services	166	166	166
Within 5 minutes	88% of 123	88% of 123	88% of 123
Average delay	2 min of 123	2 min of 123	2 min of 123
Half were within	under a minute	under a minute	under a minute
Four in five were within	2 min	2 min	2 min
Cancelled	0 of 166	0 of 166	0 of 166
Cancelled at some stops	1	1	1
Platform changed	1% of 155	1% of 155	1% of 155
Busiest hour	16:00–17:00 (13)	16:00–17:00 (13)	16:00–17:00 (13)
Worst day	14 September 2026 (2 min)	14 September 2026 (2 min)	14 September 2026 (2 min)

Routes from here

No route from here has 20 services yet.

Routes to here

Leeds to Lincoln Central23 services

Operators

East Midlands Railway613 calls in the last 30 days
Northern203 calls in the last 30 days
LNER129 calls in the last 30 days

Nearby stations

About this station

Country: Great Britain
CRS code: LCN
Coordinates: 53.2271, -0.5409

Every figure on this page is a count over the feed messages we archive, measured at this station against the public timetable. See the leaderboards or every station in Great Britain.