Dogdyke railway station

Former Dogdyke station buildings are now a marina and night club

Dogdyke railway station was a station on the former Great Northern Railway[1] between Boston and Lincoln.[2][3]

The station, and essentially the hamlet of Dogdyke itself, served a transhipment point at the confluence of the rivers Bain and Witham. Principal traffic was agricultural, but also included coals for the nearby Drainage engine whose fuel had always been delivered by water.[4] Before the railway there had been traffic from the Bain and the Horncastle Canal[5]

It served the village of Dogdyke in Lincolnshire, England until closure in 1963. The station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.

Former Services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Tattershall   Great Northern Railway
Lincolnshire Loop Line		   Langrick

See also

References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "East Lincolnshire Railway (1365390)". PastScape. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
  2. ↑ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.17
  3. ↑ Historic England. "Dogdyke railway station (506999)". PastScape. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
  4. ↑ Crane and jetty clearly marked on the banks of the Witham in OS 1:2500 sheets of 1888 and 1905
  5. ↑ Clarke, J.N. Horncastle and Tattershall Canal. The Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-398-5.

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Coordinates: 53°05′00″N 0°11′43″W / 53.0833°N 0.1952°W / 53.0833; -0.1952

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