Castle Bytham railway station was a station in Castle Bytham. It was Midland Railway property but train services were operated by the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway (M&GN). The station and line closed in 1959 along with most of the M&GN.[1][2][3]

History

A 1903 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Castle Bytham (left). Midland Railway in green; M&GN in yellow.

This station was rather unusual, being a single platform in a cutting through the village. The station was not originally planned by the railway, but was added after considerable local lobbying. Outside the village, the line of the railway now forms a road crossing under the A1.

The line officially became M&GN property a few miles east at Little Bytham Junction, where it crossed the Great Northern Railway main line. The GNR had powers to make a junction here but never did so. The nearest station on the GNR was Little Bytham.[4]

Routes

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
South Witham   Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway   Bourne

References

  1. ^ "Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway". theBythams.org.uk.
  2. ^ "Disused Railways". theBythams.org.uk.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Castle Btham railway station (506989)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 10 December 2010.
  4. ^ British Railways Atlas 1947. Ian Allan Publishing. p. 16.
  • Smith, Peter (2012). "Castle Bytham". THE SYSTON AND PETERBOROUGH RAILWAY. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
    Track plans and Photographs

52°45′07″N 0°32′05″W / 52.75192°N 0.53465°W / 52.75192; -0.53465

Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Bytham_railway_station
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