Mumby Road railway station
Disused railway station in Lincolnshire, England
53°15′18″N 0°14′32″E / 53.2550°N 0.2421°E / 53.2550; 0.2421
Mumby Road railway station was a station on the Great Northern Railway's Mablethorpe Loop line between Willoughby, Mablethorpe and Louth. It served the village of Bilsby, and was named after the nearby village of Mumby. It opened in 1886[1] and closed in 1970.[2] The station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.[3][4][5][6]
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Willoughby Line and station closed | Great Northern Railway Mablethorpe Loop | Sutton-on-Sea Line and station closed |
References
- ^ Disused Stations: Sutton-on-Sea Station
- ^ Historic England. "Mumby Road Station (507048)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ^ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.17
- ^ E. Lincs Railway - final weeks Archived 8 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Littleton and Badsey Station - includes the song
- ^ The Slow Train (Music). Wendy Weatherby, Roger Lang and Gladstone's Bag (performers), Michael Flanders and Donald Swann (authors). Edinburgh: Lang, Roger. December 2011. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
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External links
- Disused Stations: Mumby Road
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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
- Grimoldby
- Saltfleetby
- Theddlethorpe
- Mablethorpe
- Sutton-on-Sea
- Mumby Road
- 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
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