Little Bytham railway station was a station in

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 . ...

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 ...

on the Great Northern Railway main line. It closed in 1959. 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 ...

crossed just north of the station. The GNR were given powers to build a junction but never did so. The nearest station on the M&GNR was at

Castle Bytham __NOTOC__ 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 ...

. From 1857 to 1884, Little Bytham was the junction for the Edenham & Little Bytham Railway branch line to

Edenham Edenham ( ) is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is approximately north-west of Bourne, and on the A151 road. While the civil parish is called 'Edenham', the parish council is called Edenham ...

. The public house now called ''The Willoughby Arms'', but then ''The Steam Engine'' was built as the terminus, although the track crossed into the GNR goods yard for interchange purposes.

References

External links

Local web site with several sub-pages about each railway
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Little Bytham Railway Station Disused railway stations in Lincolnshire Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1853 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1959 Former Great Northern Railway stations 1853 establishments in England