Little Bytham railway station

Little Bytham
General information
Location	Little Bytham, Lincolnshire England
Grid reference	TF018173
Platforms	3
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London North Eastern Railway Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
2 October 1853	Opened
15 June 1959 [1]	Closed
Location

Little Bytham railway station was a station in Little Bytham, Lincolnshire on the Great Northern Railway main line. It closed in 1959. ^[2] The Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway crossed just north of the station. The GNR were given powers to build a junction but never did so. ^[3] The nearest station on the M&GNR was at Castle Bytham. ^[4]

From 1857 to 1884, Little Bytham was the junction for the Edenham & Little Bytham Railway branch line to Edenham. ^[5] The public house now called The Willoughby Arms, but then The Steam Engine was built as the terminus, although the track crossed into the GNR goods yard for interchange purposes. ^{[6] [7]}

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Essendine Line open, station closed		Great Northern Railway Great Northern main line		Corby Glen Line open, station closed
	Disused railways
Terminus		Edenham & Little Bytham Railway		Edenham Line and station closed

References

1. Passengers No More by G.Daniels and L.Dench second edition page 70
2. Historic England. "Little Bytham railway station (506990)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 29 March 2013.
3. Wrottesley, Arthur John Francis (1970). The Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN   0-7153-4340-8.
4. British Railways Atlas.1947. p.17
5. Historic England. "Edenham and Little Bytham Railway (1365600)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 29 March 2013.
6. "Leaflet about the Willoughby Arms, reproduced on local web site" . Retrieved 30 March 2013.
7. Pearson, R. E; Ruddock, J. G. (30 September 1986). Lord Willoughby's Railway. Willoughby Memorial Trust. ISBN   978-0951165607.

External links

• Local web site with several sub-pages about each railway

52°44′38″N0°29′37″W / 52.7440°N 0.4935°W / 52.7440; -0.4935