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Louth railway station was a station in Louth, Lincolnshire, England.It served as a junction for several different now closed lines which converged on the town. [3]The closure of the station has left Louth which has over 16,000 residents the largest town in Lincolnshire without a railway station.
English: Louth railway station (site), Lincolnshire Opened in 1848 by the Great Northern Railway on its line from Boston to Grimsby, this station closed in 1970, and is now private housing. Forecourt
The line was opened in 1848 as the East Lincolnshire Railway which served the towns of Grimsby, Louth and Boston.. It was opened to passengers the same year with stations at Ludborough, North Thoresby and Waltham while there was various halts along the Grimsby-Louth section which opened during the railmotor era of the line but all these closed in the 1930s/60s.
The East Lincolnshire Railway was a main line railway linking the towns of Boston, Alford, Louth and Grimsby in Lincolnshire, England.It opened in 1848. The ELR Company had leased the line to the Great Northern Railway, and it was the latter which constructed the line and operated it, as its East Lincolnshire Line.
The Great Northern Railway worked the trains on the East Lincolnshire Line, and it was agreed with the MS&LR that each company's trains would operate throughout between New Holland and Louth. The East Lincolnshire Railway had originally planned a separate station, but it had been agreed that the GNR would use the MS&LR station.
Louth station on the East Lincolnshire Line, was the northern terminus of the Mablethorpe Loop Railway until 1960. Over the years, loop passenger services were quite varied. Some of the 8 to 10 ordinary trains a day ran from Louth to Willoughby, but there were also Mablethorpe to Willoughby and Sutton to Louth workings.
Louth railway station was a major intermediate station on the East Lincolnshire Railway which ran from Boston to Grimsby from 1848 and was also once served by rail motor services. The station had an extensive good yards which served the malt kilns. Louth was the northern terminus of the Mablethorpe Loop, which ran through the nearby villages ...
Last rail line built in Essex (1913), until the construction of Stansted Airport railway station (1991) Ely and Huntingdon Railway: Huntingdon to St Ives Ely and St Ives Railway: GER Ely to St Ives 2 February 1931 (to passengers) 5 October 1964 (to all traffic) Eryholme–Richmond branch line: Y&NR Eryholme to Richmond 1969: Opened in 1846.