Morton Road railway station

Former railway station in Lincolnshire, England

52°48′04″N 0°21′41″W / 52.8010°N 0.3615°W / 52.8010; -0.3615Grid referenceTF105239Platforms1Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyGreat Northern RailwayPre-groupingGreat Northern RailwayPost-groupingLNERKey dates1872opened1930closed (passengers)5 April 1965^[1]closed (goods)

Morton Road railway station was a station serving the village of Morton, Lincolnshire on the Great Northern Railway Bourne and Sleaford railway.^[2] It opened in 1872 and closed to passengers in 1930.^[3] The section from Bourne through Morton to Billingborough remained open for goods until 1965.^[4]

Following closure the station buildings and yard were used for a local crawler tractor distributor.^[5] 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

^ Internal BR(E) Records ref- MSL1/1439- found July 2019
^ Historic England. "Bourne-Sleaford Line (1365418)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 15 December 2010.
^ British Railways Atlas. 1947. p. 17.
^ Historic England. "Morton Road railway station (507045)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 15 December 2010.
^ 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.

Closed railway stations in Lincolnshire

North Lindsey Light Railway