Castle Bytham railway station

Castle Bytham
Station site in 1986.
General information
Location	Castle Bytham, South Kesteven England
Grid reference	SK990181
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
4 April 1898 (1898-04-04)	Opened
2 March 1959	Closed
Location

Castle Bytham railway station was a station in Castle Bytham. It was Midland Railway property but train services were operated by the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway (M&GN). The station and line closed in 1959 along with most of the M&GN. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

History

A 1903 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Castle Bytham (left). Midland Railway in green; M&GN in yellow.

This station was rather unusual, being a single platform in a cutting through the village. The station was not originally planned by the railway, but was added after considerable local lobbying. Outside the village, the line of the railway now forms a road crossing under the A1.

The line officially became M&GN property a few miles east at Little Bytham Junction, where it crossed the Great Northern Railway main line. The GNR had powers to make a junction here but never did so. The nearest station on the GNR was Little Bytham. ^[4]

Routes

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
South Witham		Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway		Bourne

References

1. "Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway". theBythams.org.uk.
2. "Disused Railways". theBythams.org.uk.
3. Historic England. "Castle Btham railway station (506989)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 10 December 2010.
4. British Railways Atlas 1947. Ian Allan Publishing. p. 16.

• Smith, Peter (2012). "Castle Bytham". THE SYSTON AND PETERBOROUGH RAILWAY. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  Track plans and Photographs

52°45′07″N0°32′05″W / 52.75192°N 0.53465°W / 52.75192; -0.53465