Little Bytham railway station

Little Bytham
Little Bytham
General information
Location	Little Bytham, Lincolnshire; England
Grid reference	TF018173
Platforms	3
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London North Eastern Railway; Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
2 October 1853	Opened
15 June 1959	Closed

Little Bytham railway station was a station in Little Bytham, Lincolnshire on the Great Northern Railway main line. It closed in 1959.^[2] The Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway crossed just north of the station. The GNR were given powers to build a junction but never did so.^[3] The nearest station on the M&GNR was at Castle Bytham.^[4]

From 1857 to 1884, Little Bytham was the junction for the Edenham & Little Bytham Railway branch line to Edenham.^[5] The public house now called The Willoughby Arms, but then The Steam Engine was built as the terminus, although the track crossed into the GNR goods yard for interchange purposes.^[6]^[7]

Preceding station	Historical railways		Following station
Essendine Line open, station closed		Great Northern Railway Great Northern main line	Corby Glen Line open, station closed
	Disused railways
Terminus		Edenham & Little Bytham Railway	Edenham Line and station closed

References

^ Passengers No More by G.Daniels and L.Dench second edition page 70
^ Historic England. "Little Bytham railway station (506990)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 29 March 2013.
^ Wrottesley, Arthur John Francis (1970). The Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4340-8.
^ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.17
^ Historic England. "Edenham and Little Bytham Railway (1365600)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 29 March 2013.
^ "Leaflet about the Willoughby Arms, reproduced on local web site". Retrieved 30 March 2013.
^ Pearson, R. E; Ruddock, J. G. (30 September 1986). Lord Willoughby's Railway. Willoughby Memorial Trust. ISBN 978-0951165607.