Twenty railway station explained

Twenty
Status:Disused
Borough:Twenty, South Kesteven, Lincolnshire
Country:England
Coordinates:52.7694°N -0.2903°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2[1]
Original:Spalding and Bourne Railway
Pregroup:Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Postgroup:Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Years:1 August 1866
Events:Opened
Years1:9 October 1880
Events1:Closed
Years2:1 February 1881
Events2:Reopened
Years3:2 March 1959
Events3:Closed for passengers
Years4:30 March 1964
Events4:closed for freight

Twenty railway station served the village of Twenty in Lincolnshire, England. It was on the route of the Spalding and Bourne Railway (opened 1866),[2] later part of the Midland and Eastern Railway and then part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway main line between the Midlands and the Norfolk Coast.[3]

History

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, although the line remained open for goods until 1964.[4] The three intermediate stations between and had unusual names, because there were few nearby settlements; in the area there was a series of drainage ditches, the twentieth of which ran close to the station, hence the name "Twenty".[5]

The former station buildings are still extant, unusually for this line, and in use for a business premises.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Back, Michael. Branch lines around Spalding: M&GN to Long Sutton. Middleton Press. May 2009. 978-1-906008-52-9 . figure 30.
  2. Book: Casserley, H.C. . Britain's Joint Lines . April 1968 . . Shepperton . 0-7110-0024-7 . Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway . 15 .
  3. British Railways Atlas.1947. p.17
  4. Web site: A Midland & Great Northern Miscellany . The Lincolnshire & East Yorkshire Transport Review . 30 April 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061022134232/http://www.leytransport.i12.com/joint.htm . 22 October 2006 .
  5. Book: Wrottesley, A.J. . The Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway . 2nd . 1981 . 1970 . . Newton Abbot . 0-7153-8173-3 . 23 .