Mumby Road railway station was a station on the
Great Northern Railway's
Mablethorpe Loop line between
Willoughby,
Mablethorpe and
Louth. It served the village of
Bilsby
Bilsby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the main A1111 road between Alford and Sutton-on-Sea, east of Alford. Thurlby and Asserby are hamlets within Bilsby parish. The censuse ...
, and was named after the nearby village of
Mumby. It opened in 1886 and closed in 1970. The station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "
Slow Train" by
Flanders and Swann.
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Disused Stations: Mumby Road
Disused railway stations in Lincolnshire
Beeching closures in England
Former Great Northern Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1886
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1970
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