Algarkirk and Sutterton railway station
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Algarkirk and Sutterton | |
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![]() Former station buildings
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Location | |
Place | Sutterton |
Area | Boston |
Operations | |
Original company | Great Northern Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Northern Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
Platforms | 2 |
History | |
17 October 1848 | Station opens as Sutterton, Swineshead and Donnington |
September 1850 | Station renamed Algarkirk and Sutterton |
11 September 1961 | Station closes |
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
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Algarkirk and Sutterton railway station was a station[1] which served the villages of Algarkirk and Sutterton in the English county of Lincolnshire. It was served by trains on the line from Boston to Spalding.[2]
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Kirton | Great Northern Railway Lincolnshire Loop Line |
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History
Opened by the Great Northern Railway it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, passing on to the Eastern Region of British Railways during the nationalisation of 1948. It was then closed by the British Transport Commission.
The site today
The trackbed has been built over by road construction. The station building and goods shed stand next to the roundabout where the A16 and A17 roads meet.
References
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- Station on navigable O.S. map
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