Spilsby railway station

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Spilsby
Spilsby railway station c.1890.
Location
Place Spilsby
Area East Lindsey, Lincolnshire
Coordinates 53°10′11″N 0°05′49″E / 53.16969°N 0.09690°E / 53.16969; 0.09690Coordinates: 53°10′11″N 0°05′49″E / 53.16969°N 0.09690°E / 53.16969; 0.09690
Grid reference TF401657
Operations
Post-grouping Great Northern Railway
Eastern Region of British Railways
Platforms 1
History
1 May 1868 Opened
10 September 1939 Closed to passengers
1958 Closed to goods
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Spilsby railway station was a railway station in the market town of Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England.[1] The station stood on a four mile long branch line between Spilsby and Firsby Junction,[2] where it connected with the main line from Cleethorpes to London, and was opened on 1 May 1868.[3] However, traffic on the line soon slumped, and the line was bought by the Great Northern Railway in 1890. At the start of the Second World War, passenger services on the line were suspended, leaving only a freight service which itself ceased in 1958, when the station and line were closed.[4]

Former Services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Terminus   Great Northern Railway
Spilsby branch
  Halton Holegate
Modern view of the site of the station

References

  1. "National monument record:Station". Retrieved 2011-02-08. 
  2. "National monument record:Branch line". Retrieved 2011-02-08. 
  3. "Spilsby Railway Station". www.spilsby.info. Retrieved 2008-05-05. 
  4. British Railways Atlas.1947. p.17

Further reading

Ludlam, A.J. (1985). The Spilsby to Firsby Railway: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-310-9

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