Tumby Woodside railway station

Tumby Woodside

Remains of the station building in 2007
Location
Place Tumby Woodside
Area East Lindsey, Lincolnshire
Grid reference TF270578
Operations
Pre-grouping GNR
Post-grouping LNER
Eastern Region of British Railways
Platforms 2
History
1913 Opened
1970 Closed
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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Tumby Woodside railway station was a station on the former Great Northern Railway between Firsby and Lincoln.[1]

It served the village of Tumby Woodside in Lincolnshire, England until closure in 1970. The station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.

Remains of the station in 1992
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Coningsby
Line and station closed
  Great Northern Railway
Kirkstead and Little Steeping Railway
  New Bolingbroke
Line and station closed

References

  1. British Railways Atlas.1947. p.17

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Coordinates: 53°06′10″N 0°06′08″W / 53.1027°N 0.1022°W / 53.1027; -0.1022

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