- Counter Drain railway station
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Counter Drain 
Site of former station Location Place Tongue End Area South Holland, Lincolnshire Coordinates 52°46′21″N 0°15′18″W / 52.7725°N 0.255°WCoordinates: 52°46′21″N 0°15′18″W / 52.7725°N 0.255°W Grid reference TF179208 Operations Original company Spalding and Bourne Railway Pre-grouping Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway Post-grouping Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway History 1 August 1866 Opened 9 October 1880 Closed 1 February 1881 Opened 2 March 1959 Closed Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–ZCounter Drain railway station was a remote station in Lincolnshire serving the village of Tongue End.[1] It was on the route of the Spalding and Bourne Railway (opened 1866),[2] later part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway which ran across East Anglia to the Norfolk Coast. The station opened with the line on 1 August 1866, closed temporarily between 9 October 1880 and 1 February 1881, and closed permanently on 2 March 1959,[3] although the line remained opened for goods until 1964.[4][5] The three intermediate stations between Spalding and Bourne had unusual names, because there were few nearby settlements; "Counter Drain" was the name of a drainage ditch close to the station.[6]
Former Services Preceding station Disused railways Following station Line and station closedMidland and Great Northern Joint Railway Line and station closedReferences
- ^ Needle, Justin. "Tongue End, Lincolnshire". http://homepages.which.net/~rex/bourne/tongueend.htm. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ^ Casserley, H.C. (April 1968). "Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway". Britain's Joint Lines. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 15. ISBN 0 7110 0024 7.
- ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 69. ISBN 1 85260 508 1. R508.
- ^ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.17
- ^ "National monument record". http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=506996.
- ^ Wrottesley, A.J. (1981) [1970]. The Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway (2nd ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 23. ISBN 0 7153 8173 3.
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Categories:- Disused railway stations in Lincolnshire
- Former Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1866
- Railway stations closed in 1880
- Railway stations opened in 1881
- Railway stations closed in 1959
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