Tumby Woodside railway station

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Tumby Woodside
Tumby Woodside Station.jpg
Remains of the station building in 2007
General information
Location Tumby Woodside, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire
England
Grid reference TF270578
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-grouping GNR
Post-grouping LNER
Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 July 1913Opened
1915Closed
1923Opened
5 October 1970Closed [1]
Remains of the station in 1992 Tumby Woodside station (remains) geograph-4043272-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
Remains of the station in 1992

Tumby Woodside railway station was a station in Tumby Woodside, Lincolnshire, England on the Kirkstead and Little Steeping Railway which ran between Lincoln and Firsby. The site is now left in an overgrown and unkempt state. The station masters house survives as a private residence. It served the village until closure in 1970 and was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann. [2] [3]


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

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References

  1. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. "Disused Stations: Tumby Woodside Station". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  3. "Tumby Woodside Station, Tumby (BF017215) Archive Volume - Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME) Archive Collection | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 5 September 2021.

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