Saltfleetby railway station

Saltfleetby
General information
Location	Saltfleetby, Lincolnshire England
Coordinates	53.3899°N 0.1704°E / 53.3899; 0.1704
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Opened	17 October 1877; 147 years ago (1877-10-17)
Closed	5 December 1960; 64 years ago (1960-12-05)
Original company	Louth and East Coast Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	LNER

Former cross keepers cottage, the station building is in the distance.

Saltfleetby railway station was a station in Saltfleetby, Lincolnshire on the line between Louth and Mablethorpe which was closed in 1960.[1][2]

The station was opened on 17 October 1877 when the Louth and East Coast Railway opened the line between Louth and Mablethorpe.[3][4] This line was connected to the Sutton and Willoughby Railway in 1888 to form the Mablethorpe loop.[5]

The station closed on 5 December 1960 when the line between Louth and Mablethorpe was closed.[6]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Theddlethorpe Line and station closed		Great Northern Railway Mablethorpe loop railway		Grimoldby Line and station closed

References

1. British Railways Atlas.1947. p.17
2. Historic England. "Monument No. 507066". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 29 March 2013.
3. Grant 2017, p. 342.
4. Quick 2022, p. 399.
5. Grant 2017, p. 546.
6. Hurst 1992, p. 17 (ref 0832).

Bibliography

• Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
• Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.
• McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
• Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.