Mumby Road railway station
Mumby Road railway station was a station on the Great Northern Railway between Willoughby and Mablethorpe. 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 railway |
Sutton-on-Sea Line and station closed |
Station House
References
- Disused Stations: Sutton-on-Sea Station
- Historic England. "Mumby Road Station (507048)". 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. Retrieved 29 March 2013.CS1 maint: others (link)
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