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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Tumby Woodside Railway Station

Tumby Woodside railway station was a station in Tumby Woodside, Lincolnshire, England on the Kirkstead and Little Steeping Railway which ran between Lincoln and Firsby. The site is now left in an overgrown and unkempt state. The station masters house survives as a private residence. It served the village until closure in 1970 and was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Coningsby
Line and station closed
  Great Northern Railway
Kirkstead and Little Steeping Railway
  New Bolingbroke
Line and station closed

References

  1. ^ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. ^ "Disused Stations: Tumby Woodside Station". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Tumby Woodside Station, Tumby (BF017215) Archive Volume - Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME) Archive Collection | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 5 September 2021.

53°06′10″N 0°06′08″W / 53.1027°N 0.1022°W / 53.1027; -0.1022