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Former railway station in England

Tumby Woodside
Remains of the station building in 2007
General information
LocationTumby Woodside, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire
England
Grid referenceTF270578
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingGNR
Post-groupingLNER
Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 July 1913Opened
1915Closed
1923Opened
5 October 1970Closed
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.


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

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.
Closed railway stations in Lincolnshire
North Lindsey Light Railway
Axholme Joint Railway
Barton and Immingham Light Railway
Grimsby and Immingham Electric Railway
Louth to Bardney Line
East Lincolnshire Railway
Mablethorpe Loop Line
Barton and New Holland Railway
Kirkstead and Little Steeping Railway
Doncaster to Keadby line
Trent, Ancholme and Grimsby Railway
Great Central Railway
Lincolnshire loop line
Gt Northern & Gt Eastern Jt Railway
Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Bourne and Sleaford Railway
Bourn and Essendine Railway
Grantham–Peterborough line
Lincoln–Grantham line
Other lines

53°06′10″N 0°06′08″W / 53.1027°N 0.1022°W / 53.1027; -0.1022


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