Langrick railway station

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Langrick
General information
Location Langrick, East Lindsey
England
Grid reference TF264478
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Great Northern Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Northern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
17 October 1848 (1848-10-17)Opened
17 June 1963 (1963-06-17)Closed

Langrick railway station was a station in Langrick, Lincolnshire, England, on the line between Boston and Lincoln. [1]

Contents

History

Langrick station opened on 17 October 1848. It closed, along with the Lincolnshire Loop Line on 17 June 1963. [2]

The station had two brick platforms immediately east of the level crossing on Ferry Road. The main building stood at right angles to the platform, with the booking office behind the station masters house which led to a waiting room facing onto the "up" platform. The signal box was sited at the east end of the station. [2]

Accidents and incidents

Site

Langrick Station Cafe Langrick Station Cafe, Langrick - geograph.org.uk - 814980.jpg
Langrick Station Café

Langrick Station Cafe now occupies what was the ticket office . The possibility that the building now standing is a much-converted original station office . The building does however stand on the same axis as the original, on Ferry Lane, in Langrick. [2]

Former Railway line Former Railway, Langrick - geograph.org.uk - 814981.jpg
Former Railway line

The Water Rail Way is a Sustrans cycle route (number one) which follows the line of the former Lincoln to Boston railway line, including Langrick. [4]

Former Services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Dogdyke   Great Northern Railway
Lincolnshire Loop Line
  Boston

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References

  1. British Railways Atlas.1947. p.17
  2. 1 2 3 "Langrick Station". Disused Stations. Subterranea Britannica. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  3. Earnshaw, Alan (1991). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 7. Penryn: Atlantic Books. p. 26. ISBN   0-906899-50-8.
  4. "Water Rail Way". Sustrans. Archived from the original on 30 March 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2011.

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