Castle Bytham railway station was a station in
Castle Bytham
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Castle Bytham is a village and civil parish of around 300 houses in South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. It is located 9 miles (15 km) north of Stamford and 9 miles (15 km) west of Bourne.The population was measured at ...
. It was
Midland Railway
The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had its headquarters. It am ...
property but train services were operated by the
Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
The Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway (M&GNJR) was a railway network in England, in the area connecting southern Lincolnshire, the Isle of Ely and north Norfolk. It developed from several local independent concerns and was incorporated i ...
(M&GN). The station and line closed in 1959 along with most of the M&GN.
History
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
Little Bytham is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 384. It lies on the B1176 road, south from Corby Glen and north from Stamford .
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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
Little Bytham is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 384. It lies on the B1176 road, south from Corby Glen and north from Stamford .
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Routes
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Track plans and Photographs
{{Closed stations Lincolnshire
Disused railway stations in Lincolnshire
Former Midland Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1898
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1959