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The Horncastle and Kirkstead Junction Railway was a seven mile long single track branch railway line in Lincolnshire, England, that ran from Horncastle to Woodhall Junction (opened as Kirkstead) on the Great Northern Railway (GNR) line between Boston and Lincoln. There was one intermediate station, Woodhall Spa.
The line opened in 1855 and was worked by the GNR, but the H&KJR company remained as an independent entity until 1923. The short line suffered from road competition after that time, and the passenger service was withdrawn in 1954, although a goods service was retained until 1971. There is now no railway activity on the former line.[1][2]
- ^ Atterbury, Paul, 2006, Branch Line Britain: A Nostalgic Journey Celebrating a Golden Age, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, page 144
- ^ Leleux, Robin (1984). The East Midlands. A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Vol. 9. David St John Thomas. ISBN 978-0946537068.