Morton Road railway station

Morton Road
The station building, now a house.
Location
Place	Morton by Bourne
Area	South Kesteven
Coordinates	52°48′04″N 0°21′41″W / 52.8010°N 0.3615°WCoordinates: 52°48′04″N 0°21′41″W / 52.8010°N 0.3615°W
Grid reference	TF105239
Operations
Line	Bourne & Sleaford[1]
Original company	Great Northern Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Platforms	1
History
1872	opened
1930	closed (passengers)
1964	closed (goods)
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Morton Road railway station was a station serving the village of Morton, Lincolnshire on the Great Northern Railway Bourne and Sleaford railway. It opened in 1872 and closed to passengers in 1930.^[2] The section from Bourne through Morton to Billingborough remained open for goods until 1964.^[3]

Following closure the station buildings and yard were used for a local crawler tractor distributor.^[4] The main building is now a private residence and a housing development Old Station Yard now occupies the rest of the site.

Route

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Rippingale		Great Northern Railway Bourne and Sleaford Railway		Bourne

References

1. Historic England. "Bourne-Sleaford Line (1365418)". PastScape. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
2. British Railways Atlas. 1947. p. 17.
3. Historic England. "Morton Road railway station (507045)". PastScape. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
4. Peter Howie (1971). "MORTON ROAD STATION Ex G. N. R.". Retrieved 26 March 2010.

External links

• Morton Road station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
• England - Lincolnshire (Map). 1:10,560. County series, Epoch 1. Ordnance Survey. 1891. Sheet 132/SE. ; Morton Road station on 1891 OS map.