Counter Drain railway station
Former railway station in Lincolnshire, England
52°46′21″N 00°15′18″W / 52.77250°N 0.25500°W / 52.77250; -0.25500
Counter Drain railway station was a remote station in Lincolnshire serving the village of Tongue End.[1] It was on the route of the Spalding and Bourne Railway (opened 1866),[2] later part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway which ran across East Anglia to the Norfolk Coast. The station opened with the line on 1 August 1866, closed temporarily between 9 October 1880 and 1 February 1881, and closed permanently on 2 March 1959,[3] although the line remained open for goods until 1964.[4][5] The three intermediate stations between Spalding and Bourne had unusual names, because there were few nearby settlements; "Counter Drain" was the name of a drainage ditch close to the station.[6]
References
- ^ Needle, Justin. "Tongue End, Lincolnshire". Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ^ Casserley, H.C. (April 1968). "Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway". Britain's Joint Lines. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 15. ISBN 0-7110-0024-7.
- ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 69. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- ^ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.17
- ^ Historic England. "Counter Drain Station (506996)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 15 December 2010.
- ^ Wrottesley, A.J. (1981) [1970]. The Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway (2nd ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 23. ISBN 0-7153-8173-3.
External links
- Counter Drain Station on 1946 O. S. map
Former Services
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Twenty Line and station closed | Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway | Line and station closed |
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Closed railway stations in Lincolnshire
- Whitton
- Winteringham
- West Halton
- Winterton & Thealby
- Normanby Park (Goods)
- Scunthorpe (Dawes Lane)
- Immingham Dock (electric)
- Eastern Entrance
- Immingham Queens Road
- Immingham (Eastern Jetty)
- Immingham Halt
- Immingham Town
- Kiln Lane
- Marsh Road LC
- No. 6 Passing Place
- No. 5 Passing Place
- No. 4 Passing Place
- Great Coates LC
- Pyewipe Depot
- Cleveland Bridge
- Cleveland Street
- Stortford Street
- Boulevard Rec
- Jackson Street
- Yarborough Street
- Corporation Bridge
- South Witham
- Castle Bytham
- Bourne
- Twenty
- Counter Drain
- North Drove
- Weston
- Moulton
- Whaplode
- Holbeach
- Fleet
- Gedney
- Long Sutton
- Sutton Bridge
- Tydd
- Alford
- Denton
- Edenham
- Grantham Ambergate Yard
- Grimsby Pier
- Halton Holegate
- Horncastle
- Jolly Bacchus Inn
- Riby Street Platform
- Seacroft
- Sedgebrook
- Skellingthorpe
- Spilsby
- Stamford East
- Thorpe-on-the-Hill
- Torksey
- Woodhall Spa