Dogdyke railway station

Dogdyke railway station
General information
Location	England
Line(s)	Boston to Lincoln (GNR)
Connections	Transhipment point for River Bain and River Witham
Other information
Status	Closed
History
Opened	May 1849
Closed	1963
Previous names	Great Northern Railway
Location

Former Dogdyke station buildings are now a marina and night club

Dogdyke railway station was a station on the former Great Northern Railway ^[1] between Boston and Lincoln. ^{[2] [3]}

The station, and essentially the hamlet of Dogdyke itself, served a transhipment point at the confluence of the rivers Bain and Witham. Principal traffic was agricultural, but also included coals for the nearby Drainage engine whose fuel had always been delivered by water. ^[4] Before the railway there had been traffic from the Bain and the Horncastle Canal ^[5]

It served the village of Dogdyke in Lincolnshire, England until closure in 1963. The station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.

Former Services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Tattershall		Great Northern Railway Lincolnshire Loop Line		Langrick

See also

• Dogdyke Engine

References

1. Historic England. "East Lincolnshire Railway (1365390)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 14 November 2010.
2. British Railways Atlas.1947. p.17
3. Historic England. "Dogdyke railway station (506999)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 14 November 2010.
4. Crane and jetty clearly marked on the banks of the Witham in OS 1:2500 sheets of 1888 and 1905
5. Clarke, J.N. Horncastle and Tattershall Canal. The Oakwood Press. ISBN   978-0-85361-398-5.

External links

• Disused stations
• Belle Isle Marina on the site of the station

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