Sibsey was a

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on the

East Lincolnshire Railway The East Lincolnshire Railway was a main line railway linking the towns of Boston, 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 whic ...

which served the village of

Sibsey Sibsey is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated at the junction of the A16 and B1184 roads, north from Boston. Sibsey Northlands is to the north of the village. The P ...

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 ...

between 1848 and 1964. Withdrawal of passenger services took place in 1961, followed by goods facilities in 1964. The line through the station remains in use as part of the

Poacher Line The Grantham–Skegness line, originally promoted as the "Poacher Line", runs for between Grantham and Skegness in Lincolnshire, England. Trains on this route originate from Nottingham via the Nottingham to Grantham Line as an hourly through se ...

between Boston and Skegness.

History

The station was opened on 2 October 1848. It was constructed by

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and

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ing

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who, in January 1848, had taken over the contract to construct the section of the

between and from John Waring and Sons. This section was the last to be completed in September 1848 at an agreed cost of £123,000 (). The village of

lay to the north-west of the line; at the time, it was a small settlement on the Horncastle Road. A four-road

goods yard A goods station (also known as a goods yard or goods depot) or freight station is, in the widest sense, a railway station where, either exclusively or predominantly, goods (or freight), such as merchandise, parcels, and manufactured items, are lo ...

facing Boston was provided and this was extended by the mid-1920s to seven roads, later eight. The Great Northern Railway acquired extra land around the station to facilitate the expansion, which was necessary to cope with the increasing

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and

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traffic.

During the

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, Sibsey dealt with up to 80 wagons of potatoes or beet a day. A goods service drawn by a Class K2 or J6 departed at 3.30pm and collected potato and beet wagons from , and . They were brought to Sibsey to be marshalled with existing wagons before being despatched to Boston at 4.45pm. During the 1920s, two potato trains ran at night from Sibsey: one to

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and the other to . At the time, five up and down passenger services, and one Sunday service each way, called at Sibsey. The station was closed to passengers on 11 September 1961 and to goods traffic on 15 June 1964.

Present day

The line through the station continues to be used by services on the

between and . Sibsey Station house was sold in 1964 and partly converted to a private house, and remained in the same hands until 2017 when it was sold again, and completely renovated. The goods office remains largely untouched. The platforms have been demolished.

References

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* * * * {{coord, 53.0349, 0.0262, type:railwaystation_region:GB, display=title Disused railway stations in Lincolnshire Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1961 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1848 Former Great Northern Railway stations