This was the railway map
of Lincolnshire in the late 1800`s. Still to be completed in 1885 was the
Mablethorpe loop line through Sutton-on-Sea
which rejoined the East
Lincolnshire line at Willoughby, just south of Alford. Todays map is much
simpler. The branch line westwards from Louth to
Bardney closed in the
early 1950`s, the Mablethorpe loop was closed in two stages, the section
from Louth first in 1960. Then on October 5th 1970
the East Lincolnshire
line south from Grimsby to Firsby was closed, and the Grimsby to Louth
section was singled and used for freight traffic to service the
Associated British Maltsters
premises at Louth until 1980.
A large part of the network
survives, with much freight traffic from Immingham Docks (near Grimsby)
and the associated petrochemical industries, though
the line from Barnetby
junction to Retford, through Brigg was effectively "mothballed" seeing
a Saturdays only 3 train passenger service. However
increased bulk traffic
via Immingham has required this route to be re-opened for freight in 2008.
1964
Lincolnshire railway map.
Click link to view a BR
map of the Lincolnshire rail network in 1964
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