Northorpe railway station was a railway station in Northorpe,

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...

, England. It opened on 2 April 1849 and closed for passengers on 4 July 1955 and freight on 2 March 1964. Originally named ''Northorpe'', it became ''Northorpe (Lincs)'' at some point after January 1948. Although the station is now closed, the

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here remains in use to supervise a

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and

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on the single track section of the route between and Kirton Lindsey.

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Disused railway stations in Lincolnshire Former Great Central Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1849 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1955 {{Lincolnshire-railstation-stub