Mumby Road railway station

Mumby Road
The site of Mumby Road station
General information
Location	Bilsby & Mumby, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire England
Coordinates	53.2550°N 0.2421°E / 53.2550; 0.2421
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Opened	4 October 1886; 138 years ago (1886-10-04)
Closed	5 October 1970; 54 years ago (1970-10-05)
Original company	Sutton and Willoughby Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway

Mumby Road railway station was a station on the Great Northern Railway's Mablethorpe Loop line between Willoughby, Mablethorpe and Louth. 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		Sutton-on-Sea Line and station closed

References

1. Disused Stations: Sutton-on-Sea Station
2. Historic England. "Mumby Road Station (507048)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 26 August 2011.
3. British Railways Atlas.1947. p.17
4. E. Lincs Railway - final weeks Archived 8 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
5. Littleton and Badsey Station - includes the song
6. The Slow Train (Music). Wendy Weatherby, Roger Lang and Gladstone's Bag (performers), Michael Flanders and Donald Swann (authors). Edinburgh: Lang, Roger. December 2011. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2013.

External links

• Disused Stations: Mumby Road