Place Twenty, Lincolnshire Grid reference TF154204 | Area South Kesteven Platforms in use 2 | |
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Original company Spalding and Bourne Railway Pre-grouping Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway Post-grouping Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway Original companies Spalding, Bourne railway station Similar Fleet railway station, Scopwick and Timberla, Hallington railway station, Gosberton railway station, Snelland railway station | ||
Twenty railway station served the village of Twenty, Lincolnshire. It was on the route of the Spalding and Bourne Railway (opened 1866), later part of the Midland and Eastern Railway and then part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway main line between the Midlands and the Norfolk Coast.
History
The station opened with the line on 1 August 1866, closed temporarily between 9 October 1880 and 1 February 1881, and closed permanently on 2 March 1959, although the line remained opened for goods until 1964. The three intermediate stations between Spalding and Bourne had unusual names, because there were few nearby settlements; in the area there was a series of drainage ditches, the twentieth of which ran close to the station, hence the name "Twenty".
The former station buildings are still extant, unusually for this line, and in use as commercial premises by a well-respected Double Glazing company.