Lincolnshire loop line

Lincolnshire loop line

Former station at Stixwould. The trackbed here is part of the Water Rail Way.
Overview
Locale	Lincolnshire
Dates of operation	1848–1963
Predecessor	Great Northern Railway
Successor	London and North Eastern Railway
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Length	58 miles (93 km)
Route map Legend River Trent Wharf Sheffield–Lincoln line Gainsborough Lea Road Lea Stow Park Brigg Branch to Retford Saxilby Foss Dyke Skellingthorpe Chesterfield to Lincoln Line Pyewipe Junction Boultham & West Holmes Jns Nottingham–Lincoln line Lincoln St Marks Lincoln Sheffield & Lincs Jcn Rly Sincil Junction Lincoln–Grantham line Washingborough Junction Peterborough–Lincoln line Washingborough Five Mile House River Witham Louth to Bardney Line Bardney Southrey Stixwould Woodhall Junction Horncastle Branch Kirkstead and Little Steeping Railway Tattershall Dogdyke Langrick East Lincolnshire Railway Boston Nottingham–Skegness line Docks The Haven Kirton Algarkirk and Sutterton Surfleet GN and GE Joint Rly Spalding Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway GN and GE Joint Rly Littleworth St James Deeping Peakirk East Coast Main Line Midland Railway Werrington Junction Walton Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway Rhubarb Bridge Wisbech Junction Westwood Junction Peterborough North Peterborough Crescent Midland Railway East Coast Main Line

The Lincolnshire loop line was a railway built by the Great Northern Railway, that linked Peterborough to Gainsborough via Spalding, Boston and Lincoln. It ran through the counties of Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire (then the Soke of Peterborough, now Cambridgeshire)