Aby for Claythorpe railway station

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Aby for Claythorpe
Location
Location	England
Area	Lincolnshire
Operations
Original company	East Lincolnshire Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	?
History
3 September 1848	Station opens as Claythorpe
1 November 1885	Station renamed Aby for Claythorpe
11 September 1961	Station closes
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D-F G H-J K-L M-O P-R S T-V W-Z
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Aby for Claythorpe railway station was a station which served Aby in the English county of Lincolnshire. It was served by trains on the line from Boston to Grimsby via Louth.

[edit] History

Opened by the East Lincolnshire Railway it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, passing on th the Eastern Region of British Railways during the nationalisation of 1948. It was then closed by the British Transport Commission.

[edit] The site today

The site is still recognisable as a former railway station [1]

[edit] References

• R.V.J.Butt, (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd.  ISBN 1 85260 508 1

• A. Jowett, (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing.  ISBN 0 906899 99 0

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Alford Town		London and North Eastern Railway Great North of Scotland Railway		Authorpe