Woodhall Spa railway station
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Woodhall Spa | |||||
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 The site of Woodhall Spa station in 2020, the buildings to the right are shops that once backed onto the station on the parade. | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire England | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Horncastle Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Great Northern Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | LNER | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 11 August 1855 | opened | ||||
| 13 September 1954 | closed (passenger) | ||||
| 27 April 1964 | closed for freight | ||||
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Woodhall Spa railway station was a station in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire on a small branch line running north from Woodhall Junction to Horncastle. Both the station and the line are now closed.[1]
In 1846 the Great Northern rail company purchased the land to build a 58 miles (93 km) rail link from Peterborough to Lincoln via Spalding and Boston with the Boston to Lincoln section being built along the banks of the River Witham. Works commenced in 1847 and the line opened on 17 October 1848.[2] The Kirkstead Station, later to be renamed the Woodhall Junction, was one of seven between Lincoln and Boston. To the north were Stixwould, Southrey and Bardney and to the south were Tattershall, Dogdyke and Langrick.
In 1853 three local businessmen negotiated with the G.N.R. with a view to open a branch of the line, the Horncastle Branch, from the Woodhall Junction to Horncastle. They formed the Horncastle and Kirkstead Junction Railway Company,[3] and the line was opened on 11 August 1855[4] and transported the gentry into the heart of Woodhall where they could easily get to the hotels and public attractions. The line also provided a better means of transport for goods being transported to and from Horncastle than the River Bain.[2]
