Alford Town railway station

Alford Town
Alford Town
	Station frontage on the Beeching Industrial Estate; now a showroom.
General information
Location	Alford, East Lindsey; England
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Opened	3 September 1848; 176 years ago; (as Alford)
Closed	2 May 1966; 58 years ago; (Closed to goods traffic); 5 October 1970; 54 years ago; (Closed to passenger traffic)
Original company	East Lincolnshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway ; Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 July 1923;; 101 years ago	Renamed Alford Town

Alford Town was a railway station on the East Lincolnshire Railway^[1] which served the town of Alford in Lincolnshire between 1848 and 1970. It originally opened as Alford, but was renamed in 1923. When passenger services were withdrawn in 1970 the line through the station was closed.

^ Conolly 2004, p. 17, section A3.

[FOOTNOTEConolly2004p._17,_section_A3-1] Conolly 2004, p. 17, section A3.

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