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°W / 52.8010; -0.3615Coordinates: 52°48′04″N 0°21′41″W / 52.8010°N 0.3615°W / 52.8010; -0.3615
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

↑ Historic England. "Bourne-Sleaford Line (1365418)". PastScape. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
↑ British Railways Atlas. 1947. p. 17.
↑ Historic England. "Morton Road railway station (507045)". PastScape. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
↑ 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	Whitton Winteringham West Halton Winterton & Thealby Normanby Park (Goods) Scunthorpe (Dawes Lane)

Axholme Joint Railway	Eastoft Luddington Fockerby Crowle North Belton Epworth Haxey Town Haxey Junction

Barton and Immingham Light Railway	East Halton Killingholme Admiralty Platform Killingholme Immingham Dock Ulceby Aerodrome Platform

Grimsby and Immingham Electric Railway	Immingham Dock (electric) Eastern Entrance Immingham Queens Road Immingham (Eastern Jetty) Immingham Halt Immingham Town Kiln Lane Marsh Road LC No. 6 Passing Place No. 5 Passing Place No. 4 Passing Place Great Coates LC Pyewipe Depot Cleveland Bridge Cleveland Street Stortford Street Boulevard Rec Jackson Street Yarborough Street Corporation Bridge

Louth to Bardney Line	Hallington Withcall Donington on Bain South Willingham and Hainton East Barkwith Wragby Kingthorpe

East Lincolnshire Railway	Hainton Street Halt Weelsby Road Halt Waltham Holton Village Halt Holton-le-Clay Grainsby Halt Utterby Halt Fotherby Halt Louth Legbourne Road Authorpe Aby for Claythorpe Alford Town Willoughby Burgh-le-Marsh Firsby Little Steeping East Ville Old Leake Sibsey

Mablethorpe Loop Line	Grimoldby Saltfleetby Theddlethorpe Mablethorpe Sutton-on-Sea Mumby Road

Barton and New Holland Railway	New Holland Pier New Holland Town Thornton Curtis Brocklesby

Kirkstead and Little Steeping Railway	Coningsby Tumby Woodside New Bolingbroke Stickney Midville

Doncaster to Keadby Line	Medge Hall Halt Godnow Bridge Keadby

Trent, Ancholme and Grimsby Railway	Gunhouse Wharf Gunness and Burringham Frodingham Appleby Elsham

Great Central Railway	Scawby Northorpe Blyton Bigby Road Bridge Howsham North Kelsey Moortown Holton Le Moor Claxby and Usselby Wickenby Snelland Langworth Reepham

Lincolnshire Loop Line	Washingborough Five Mile House Bardney Southrey Stixwould Woodhall Junction Tattershall Dogdyke Langrick Kirton Algarkirk and Sutterton Surfleet Littleworth St James Deeping

Gt Northern & Gt Eastern Jt Railway	Haxey and Epworth Lea Stow Park Skellingthorpe Branston & Heighington Potter Hanworth Nocton and Dunston Scopwick and Timberland Digby Helpringham Donington Road Gosberton Pinchbeck Cowbit Postland French Drove and Gedney Hill

Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway	South Witham Castle Bytham Bourne Twenty Counter Drain North Drove Weston Moulton Whaplode Holbeach Fleet Gedney Long Sutton Sutton Bridge Tydd

Bourne and Sleaford Railway	Aswarby and Scredington Billingboro and Horbling Rippingale Morton Road

Bourne and Essendine Railway	Thurlby Wilsthorpe Crossing Halt Braceboro Spa

Grantham to Peterborough Line	Claypole Hougham Great Ponton Corby Glen Little Bytham Tallington

Lincoln to Grantham Line	Lincoln St. Marks Bracebridge Waddington Harmston Navenby Leadenham Caythorpe Honington Barkston

Other lines	Alford Town Denton Edenham Grantham Ambergate Yard Grimsby Pier Halton Holegate Horncastle Jolly Bacchus Inn Riby Street Platform Seacroft Sedgebrook Skellingthorpe Spilsby Stamford East Thorpe-on-the-Hill Torksey Woodhall Spa

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