Tumby Woodside railway station

Tumby Woodside railway station was a station on the former Great Northern Railway between Firsby and Lincoln.[1]

Tumby Woodside
Remains of the station building in 2007
LocationTumby Woodside, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire
England
Grid referenceTF270578
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingGNR
Post-groupingLNER
Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
1913Opened
1970Closed

It served the village of Tumby Woodside in Lincolnshire, England until closure in 1970. The station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.

Remains of the station in 1992
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Coningsby
Line and station closed
  Great Northern Railway
Kirkstead and Little Steeping Railway
  New Bolingbroke
Line and station closed

References

  1. British Railways Atlas.1947. p.17


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