Tumby Woodside railway station
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Tumby Woodside | |||
Remains of the station building in 2007 | |||
Location | |||
Location | Tumby Woodside | ||
Area | East Lindsey, Lincolnshire | ||
Grid reference | TF270578 | ||
Operations | |||
Pre-grouping | GNR | ||
Post-grouping | LNER Eastern Region of British Railways |
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Platforms | 2 | ||
History | |||
1913 | Opened | ||
1970 | Closed | ||
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |||
Closed railway stations in Britain |
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Tumby Woodside railway station was a station on the former Great Northern Railway between Firsby and Lincoln.
It served the village of Tumby Woodside in Lincolnshire, England until closure in the early 1970s. The station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.