Washingborough railway station
Encyclopedia
Washingborough railway station was a railway station serving the village of Washingborough
, Lincolnshire
.
(GNR) on 17 October 1848.
The GNR was a constituent of the London and North Eastern Railway
(LNER) which was formed on 1 January 1923; and it was the LNER which closed the station on 29 July 1940.
Former Services
Washingborough
Washingborough is a large village east of the city of Lincoln in North Kesteven, located on the lower slopes of the limestone escarpment known as the Lincoln Cliff where the River Witham breaks through the Lincoln Edge.-Geography:...
, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
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History
The station was opened by the Great Northern RailwayGreat Northern Railway (Great Britain)
The Great Northern Railway was a British railway company established by the Great Northern Railway Act of 1846. On 1 January 1923 the company lost its identity as a constituent of the newly formed London and North Eastern Railway....
(GNR) on 17 October 1848.
The GNR was a constituent of the London and North Eastern Railway
London and North Eastern Railway
The London and North Eastern Railway was the second-largest of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain...
(LNER) which was formed on 1 January 1923; and it was the LNER which closed the station on 29 July 1940.