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 1886[1] and closed in 1970.[2] The station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.[3][4][5][6]

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. ↑ http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/s/sutton_on_sea/index.shtml
  2. ↑ Historic England. "Mumby Road Station (507048)". PastScape. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  3. ↑ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.17
  4. ↑ E. Lincs Railway - final weeks Archived 8 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ Littleton and Badsey Station - includes the song
  6. ↑ 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.

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


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