Theddlethorpe railway station

Theddlethorpe railway station was a station serving Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire from 1877 to 1960.

Theddlethorpe
Theddlethorpe Railway Station
LocationTheddlethorpe, Lincolnshire
England
Coordinates53.3709°N 0.2047°E / 53.3709; 0.2047
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLouth and East Coast Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Northern Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
17 October 1877opened
5 December 1960closed

The station was opened on 17 October 1877 when the Louth and East Coast Railway opened the line between Louth and Mablethorpe.[1][2] This line was connected to the Sutton and Willoughby Railway in 1888 to form the Mablethorpe loop.[3]

The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1935 to 1939 and possibly one for some of 1934.[4]

The station closed on 5 December 1960 when the line between Louth and Mablethorpe was closed.[5]

The former station building and platform in 2018
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Mablethorpe   Great Northern Railway
Mablethorpe loop railway
  Saltfleetby

References

  1. Grant 2017, p. 342.
  2. Quick 2019, p. 393.
  3. Grant 2017, p. 546.
  4. McRae 1997, p. 10.
  5. Hurst 1992, p. 17 (ref 0832).

Bibliography

  • Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
  • Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.
  • McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
  • Quick, Michael (2019) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway and Canal Historical Society.
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