Place Castle Bytham Grid reference SK990181 4 April 1898 (1898-04-04) Opened Platforms in use 1 | Area South Kesteven Pre-grouping Midland Railway Original company Midland Railway | |
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Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway Similar Branston and Heighingt, Corby Glen railway station, Langworth railway station, Halton Holegate railway st, Old Leake railway station | ||
Castle Bytham railway station was a station in Castle Bytham. It was Midland Railway property but train services were operated by the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway (M&GN). The station and line closed in 1959 along with most of the M&GN.
History
This station was rather unusual, being a single platform in a cutting through the village. The station was not originally planned by the railway, but was added after considerable local lobbying. Outside the village, the line of the railway now forms a road crossing under the A1.
The line officially became M&GN property a few miles east at Little Bytham Junction, where it crossed the Great Northern Railway main line. The GNR had powers to make a junction here but never did so. The nearest station on the GNR was Little Bytham.