Mumby Road railway station

A sunny day in a green landscape, under a blue sky. A country lane meanders from the middle foreground to traffic lights in the right midground. On the right is a grass verge and a hedge. On the left, a grass verge edged with large boulders. Beyond that a wooden rail fence marks the edge of a smaller road, and beyond that a building with a ridged pantile roof and large ornate bargeboards. This is 'station house' the last remnant of the railway hereabouts.
Station House

Mumby Road railway station was a station on the Great Northern Railway between Willoughby and Mablethorpe. It served the village of Bilsby, and was named after the nearby village of Mumby. It opened in 1888 and closed in 1970.[1] The station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.[2][3][4][5]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Willoughby
Line and station closed		   Great Northern Railway
Mablethorpe Loop		   Sutton-on-Sea
Line and station closed

References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "Mumby Road Station (507048)". PastScape. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  2. ↑ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.17
  3. ↑ E. Lincs Railway - final weeks Archived 8 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Littleton and Badsey Station - includes the song
  5. ↑ Wendy Weatherby, Roger Lang and Gladstone's Bag (performers), Michael Flanders and Donald Swann (authors) (December 2011). The Slow Train (Music). Edinburgh: Lang, Roger. Retrieved 2013-03-29.

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Coordinates: 53°15′18″N 0°14′32″E / 53.2550°N 0.2421°E / 53.2550; 0.2421


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