Mumby Road railway station

Mumby Road
The site of Mumby Road station
Location	Bilsby & Mumby, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire England
Coordinates	53°15′18″N 0°14′32″E / 53.2550°N 0.2421°E / 53.2550; 0.2421Coordinates: 53°15′18″N 0°14′32″E / 53.2550°N 0.2421°E / 53.2550; 0.2421
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Sutton and Willoughby Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
4 October 1886 (1886-10-04)	Opened
5 October 1970 (1970-10-05)	Station closed

Mumby Road railway station was a station on the Great Northern Railway's Mablethorpe Loop line between Willoughby, Mablethorpe and Louth. 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[]

^ Disused Stations: Sutton-on-Sea Station
^ Historic England. "Mumby Road Station (507048)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 26 August 2011.
^ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.17
^ E. Lincs Railway - final weeks Archived 8 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ Littleton and Badsey Station - includes the song
^ The Slow Train (Music). Wendy Weatherby, Roger Lang and Gladstone's Bag (performers), Michael Flanders and Donald Swann (authors). Edinburgh: Lang, Roger. December 2011. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2013.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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Disused Stations: Mumby Road

v t 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 Branston & Heighington Potterhanworth 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
Bourn and Essendine Railway	Thurlby Wilsthorpe Crossing Halt Braceboro Spa
Grantham–Peterborough line	Claypole Hougham Great Ponton Corby Glen Little Bytham Tallington
Lincoln–Grantham line	Lincoln St. Marks Bracebridge Waddington Harmston Navenby Leadenham Caythorpe Honington Barkston
Other lines	Denton Edenham Grantham Ambergate Yard Grimsby Pier Halton Holegate Horncastle Riby Street Platform Seacroft Sedgebrook Skellingthorpe Spilsby Stamford East Thorpe-on-the-Hill Torksey Woodhall Spa

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