Alford Town railway station
Alford Town | |
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General information | |
Location | Alford, East Lindsey England |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Opened | 3 September 1848 (as Alford) |
Closed | 2 May 1966 (Closed to goods traffic) 5 October 1970 (Closed to passenger traffic) |
Original company | East Lincolnshire Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Northern Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway Eastern Region of British Railways |
Key dates | |
1 July 1923 | Renamed Alford Town |
Alford Town was a
between 1848 and 1970. It originally opened as Alford, but was renamed in 1923. When passenger services were withdrawn in 1970 the line through the station was closed.History
The station was opened on 3 September 1848 as Alford
The station building is similar in style to that at
The July 1922 timetable saw seven up and six down weekday services, plus one Sunday service each way, call at Alford.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Aby for Claythorpe Line and station closed |
Great Northern Railway East Lincolnshire Line |
Willoughby Line and station closed |
Present day
The trackbed is partly the driveway to a new house next to the site of a former level crossing.[9] The station building is now part of the aptly named Beeching's Way Industrial Estate.[10] The main buildings were, in 1995, occupied by John White (Alford) Printers, which used a workshop erected across part of the trackbed and abutting the station building.[11] The remaining section of the trackbed to the rear of the station has been infilled and used as a car park.[10] The platform roof has been removed[12] In 2009, the station building and attached industrial unit were sold to Jackson's Building Centres and reopened as building suppliers.[10] The station building has been extensively restored externally.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Conolly 2004, p. 17, section A3.
- ^ a b c Butt 1995, p. 15.
- ^ a b Ludlam 1991, p. 14.
- Gross Domestic Product deflator figures follow the MeasuringWorth "consistent series" supplied in Thomas, Ryland; Williamson, Samuel H. (2018). "What Was the U.K. GDP Then?". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ "Alford - Sutton Tramway 1884 - 1889". Archived from the original on 23 May 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Ludlam 1991, p. 48.
- ^ Ludlam 1991, pp. 111–112.
- ^ Clinker 1978, p. 3.
- ^ "Alford Town station 1960's and 2003". January 2003. Archived from the original on 2 June 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
- ^ a b c "Disused Stations". Subterranea Britannica.
- ^ Hill & Vessey 1999, p. 96.
- ^ Stennett 2007, p. 40.
Sources
- OL 11956311M.
- Clinker, C.R. (October 1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830-1977. Bristol: Avon-Anglia Publications & Services. ISBN 0-905466-19-5.
- Hill, Roger; Vessey, Carey (1999) [1996]. British Railways Past and Present: Lincolnshire (No. 27). Kettering, Northants: Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85895-083-9.
- Ludlam, A.J. (1991). The East Lincolnshire Railway (Locomotive Papers No. 82). Headington, Oxford: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-416-4.
- Conolly, W. Philip (2004) [1958]. British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer. Hersham, Surrey: Ian Allan Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7110-0320-0.
- Stennett, Alan (2007). Lost Railways of Lincolnshire. Newbury, Berkshire: Countryside Books. ISBN 978-1-84674-040-4.