Castle Bytham railway station

Castle Bytham railway station was a station in Castle Bytham. It was Midland Railway property but train services were operated by the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway (M&GN). The station and line closed in 1959 along with most of the M&GN.[1][2][3]

Castle Bytham
Station site in 1986.
Location	Castle Bytham, South Kesteven England
Grid reference	SK990181
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
4 April 1898 (1898-04-04)	Opened
2 March 1959	Closed

History

A 1903 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Castle Bytham (left). Midland Railway in green; M&GN in yellow.

This station was rather unusual, being a single platform in a cutting through the village. The station was not originally planned by the railway, but was added after considerable local lobbying. Outside the village, the line of the railway now forms a road crossing under the A1.

The line officially became M&GN property a few miles east at Little Bytham Junction, where it crossed the Great Northern Railway main line. The GNR had powers to make a junction here but never did so. The nearest station on the GNR was Little Bytham.[4]

Routes

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
South Witham		Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway		Bourne

References

Disused Railways : Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway Archived 22 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Disused Railways Archived 22 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Historic England. "Castle Btham railway station (506989)". PastScape. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
British Railways Atlas.1947. p.16

Smith, Peter (2012). "Castle Bytham". THE SYSTON AND PETERBOROUGH RAILWAY. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
Track plans and Photographs

Closed railway stations in Lincolnshire
North Lindsey Light Railway	Whitton Winteringham West Halton Winterton & Thealby Normanby Park (Goods) Scunthorpe (Dawes Lane)
Axholme Joint Railway	Eastoft Luddington Fockerby Crowle North Belton Epworth Haxey Town Haxey Junction
Barton and Immingham Light Railway	East Halton Killingholme Admiralty Platform Killingholme Immingham Dock Ulceby Aerodrome Platform
Grimsby and Immingham Electric Railway	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
Louth to Bardney Line	Hallington Withcall Donington on Bain South Willingham and Hainton East Barkwith Wragby Kingthorpe
East Lincolnshire Railway	Hainton Street Halt Weelsby Road Halt Waltham Holton Village Halt Holton-le-Clay Grainsby Halt Utterby Halt Fotherby Halt Louth Legbourne Road Authorpe Aby for Claythorpe Alford Town Willoughby Burgh-le-Marsh Firsby Little Steeping East Ville Old Leake Sibsey
Mablethorpe Loop Line	Grimoldby Saltfleetby Theddlethorpe Mablethorpe Sutton-on-Sea Mumby Road
Barton and New Holland Railway	New Holland Pier New Holland Town Thornton Curtis Brocklesby
Kirkstead and Little Steeping Railway	Coningsby Tumby Woodside New Bolingbroke Stickney Midville
Doncaster to Keadby line	Medge Hall Halt Godnow Bridge Keadby
Trent, Ancholme and Grimsby Railway	Gunhouse Wharf Gunness and Burringham Frodingham Appleby Elsham
Great Central Railway	Scawby Northorpe Blyton Bigby Road Bridge Howsham North Kelsey Moortown Holton Le Moor Claxby and Usselby Wickenby Snelland Langworth Reepham
Lincolnshire loop line	Washingborough Five Mile House Bardney Southrey Stixwould Woodhall Junction Tattershall Dogdyke Langrick Kirton Algarkirk and Sutterton Surfleet Littleworth St James Deeping
Gt Northern & Gt Eastern Jt Railway	Haxey and Epworth Lea Stow Park Skellingthorpe Branston & Heighington Potterhanworth Nocton and Dunston Scopwick and Timberland Digby Helpringham Donington Road Gosberton Pinchbeck Cowbit Postland French Drove and Gedney Hill
Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway	South Witham Castle Bytham Bourne Twenty Counter Drain North Drove Weston Moulton Whaplode Holbeach Fleet Gedney Long Sutton Sutton Bridge Tydd
Bourne and Sleaford Railway	Aswarby and Scredington Billingboro and Horbling Rippingale Morton Road
Bourn and Essendine Railway	Thurlby Wilsthorpe Crossing Halt Braceboro Spa
Grantham–Peterborough line	Claypole Hougham Great Ponton Corby Glen Little Bytham Tallington
Lincoln–Grantham line	Lincoln St. Marks Bracebridge Waddington Harmston Navenby Leadenham Caythorpe Honington Barkston
Other lines	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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