East Barkwith railway station

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East Barkwith
East Barkwith Station - geograph.org.uk - 175869.jpg
Former station building
Location East Barkwith, East Lindsey
England
Coordinates 53°18′51″N0°14′33″W / 53.3141°N 0.2426°W / 53.3141; -0.2426 Coordinates: 53°18′51″N0°14′33″W / 53.3141°N 0.2426°W / 53.3141; -0.2426
Grid reference TF171812
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Louth and Lincoln Railway
Pre-grouping Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
9 Nov 1874Opened (goods)
1 Dec 1876Station opened to passengers
5 Nov 1951closed (passenger)
1 Dec 1958closed to all traffic

East Barkwith railway station was a railway station that served the village of East Barkwith, Lincolnshire, England between 1874 and 1958, on the Louth to Bardney line. [1]

Contents

History

The Louth and Lincoln Railway planned and built a branch line from Bardney to Louth in stages, the first stage between Bardney and South Willingham and Hainton opened to goods traffic on 9 November 1874. South Willingham acted as a terminus until South Willingham Tunnel was completed. The line then opened to Donington on Bain on 27 September 1875, still goods traffic only. [2]

The line was completed through to Louth for goods traffic on 6 August 1876 and opened to passengers on 1 December 1876. It was absorbed by the Great Northern Railway in 1882. [3]

The station was located 137 miles 73 chains from London Kings Cross via Spalding, Boston and Bardney. [4] The branch was mostly single track and the station had only one platform. A signal box was located at East Barkwith, to control the block, the level crossing over Panton Road and the small goods yard. The yard had a siding serving a cattle dock. There was no loop at East Barkwith to allow trains to pass one another but connections to the sidings allowed the train's engine to run round a few wagons. At the road entrance to the goods yard was a weighbridge and office.

The station building included living accommodation for the Station Master and his family as well as a booking office and waiting room. Architecturally, the building was in the same style as others on the line; built of brick with a number of brick string courses of a contrasting colour. The number and appearance of the string courses differed on each station; at East Barkwith, the general bricks were a lighter colour with darker string course bricks. [5]

The signal box was of timber construction.

Passenger service

When the line opened five passenger trains a day were provided, but this was quickly reduced to 4, with 5 on Fridays. At the start of the Second World War the service was suspended for three months. [6] When it was reinstated in December 1939 the timetable was reduced to three trains in each direction and the 1950 timetable [5] shows that this arrangement continued after the war until closure. Although originally intended to run to Lincoln, trains on the line only ran between Louth and Bardney; passengers had to change at Bardney to get to Lincoln. [5] Trains were timetabled to get to Wragby in 7 minutes, and Bardney in 18 minutes, with a connection to Lincoln taking a further 25 minutes. In the other direction, trains took 13 minutes to get to Donington and 29 minutes to arrive in Louth (these are sample times and varied during the day and in the direction travelled).

Passenger services ended on 5 November 1951, goods traffic on 1 December 1958. [7]

After Closure

The track was lifted in 1961 and the signal box demolished. The station building became a private residence but has generally retained its original appearance. The platform mostly remains, and a farm track uses the course of the railway to both sides of Panton Road. [5]

Route

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Wragby
Line and station closed
  Great Northern Railway
Louth to Bardney line
  South Willingham
Line and station closed

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References

  1. British Railways Atlas 1947: The last days of the Big Four. Hersham: Ian Allan. April 2011 [1948]. p. 17, section A2. ISBN   978-0-7110-3643-7. 1104/A2.
  2. "The Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire Transport Review - Bardney - a Retrospect". Archived from the original on 8 April 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
  3. Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. p. 145. CN 8983.
  4. "Louth to Bardney Line Mileages" Railway Codes, Engineer's Line References , Retrieved 20 January 2020
  5. 1 2 3 4 "East Barkwith", Disused Stations Website, Retrieved 19 January 2020
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  7. A J Ludlam, Branch Lines of East Lincolnshire: volume 1: Louth to Bardney, published by Lincolnshire Wolds Railway Society, 2015, ISBN   978 0 9926762 5 4