Little Bytham railway station explained

Little Bytham
Status:Disused
Borough:Little Bytham, Lincolnshire
Country:England
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:3
Pregroup:Great Northern Railway
Postgroup:London North Eastern Railway
Eastern Region of British Railways
Years:2 October 1853
Events:Opened
Years1:15 June 1959[1]
Events1:Closed

Little Bytham railway station was a station in Little Bytham, Lincolnshire on the Great Northern Railway main line. It closed in 1959.[2] The Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway crossed just north of the station. The GNR were given powers to build a junction but never did so.[3] The nearest station on the M&GNR was at Castle Bytham.[4]

From 1857 to 1884, Little Bytham was the junction for the Edenham & Little Bytham Railway branch line to Edenham.[5] The public house now called The Willoughby Arms, but then The Steam Engine was built as the terminus, although the track crossed into the GNR goods yard for interchange purposes.[6] [7]

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52.744°N -0.4935°W

Notes and References

  1. Passengers No More by G.Daniels and L.Dench second edition page 70
  2. 506990. Little Bytham railway station. 2013-03-29.
  3. Book: The Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway . Arthur John Francis . Wrottesley . 0-7153-4340-8 . Newton Abbot . David & Charles . 1970.
  4. British Railways Atlas.1947. p.17
  5. 1365600. Edenham and Little Bytham Railway. 2013-03-29.
  6. Web site: Leaflet about the Willoughby Arms, reproduced on local web site . 2013-03-30.
  7. Book: Pearson . R. E . Ruddock . J. G. . Lord Willoughby's Railway . Willoughby Memorial Trust . 1986-09-30 . 978-0951165607.