Morton Road railway station
Former railway station in Lincolnshire, England
52°48′04″N 0°21′41″W / 52.8010°N 0.3615°W / 52.8010; -0.3615
Morton Road railway station was a station serving the village of Morton, Lincolnshire on the Great Northern Railway Bourne and Sleaford railway.[2] It opened in 1872 and closed to passengers in 1930.[3] The section from Bourne through Morton to Billingborough remained open for goods until 1965.[4]
Following closure the station buildings and yard were used for a local crawler tractor distributor.[5] The main building is now a private residence and a housing development Old Station Yard now occupies the rest of the site.
Route
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Rippingale | Great Northern Railway Bourne and Sleaford Railway | Bourne |
References
- ^ Internal BR(E) Records ref- MSL1/1439- found July 2019
- ^ Historic England. "Bourne-Sleaford Line (1365418)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 15 December 2010.
- ^ British Railways Atlas. 1947. p. 17.
- ^ Historic England. "Morton Road railway station (507045)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 15 December 2010.
- ^ Peter Howie (1971). "MORTON ROAD STATION Ex G. N. R." Retrieved 26 March 2010.
External links
- Morton Road station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
- England - Lincolnshire (Map). 1:10,560. County series, Epoch 1. Ordnance Survey. 1891. Sheet 132/SE. ; Morton Road station on 1891 OS map.
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- Normanby Park (Goods)
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- Eastoft
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- Fockerby
- Crowle North
- Belton
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- 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
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