Thornton Curtis railway station

Thornton Curtis
General information
LocationThornton Curtis, North Lincolnshire
England
Coordinates53°38′51″N 0°19′08″W / 53.6476°N 0.3188°W / 53.6476; -0.3188
Grid referenceTA112181
Platforms2 (probable)
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyManchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
Key dates
by June 1848Station opened
by November 1848[1]Station closed, to be replaced by Thornton Abbey station

Thornton Curtis railway station was a temporary structure provided by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway until it opened Thornton Abbey station 42 chains (840 m) to the north.[2][3]

The station was situated south west of College Farm in what in 2015 was still open country with no road access. The line through the station opened on 2 April 1848, with Thornton Curtis opening "a little later". It appeared in Bradshaw from June to November 1848 inclusive. The station's permanent successor first appeared in Bradshaw in August 1849.[4]

By 2015 the only suggestion that a station might ever have existed at the site was a slight widening of the cutting.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Goxhill
Line and station open
  Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
Barton line
  Ulceby
Line and station open
  1. ^ Butt 1995, p. 229.
  2. ^ King & Hewins 1989, p. 8.
  3. ^ Ludlam 1996, p. 21.
  4. ^ Dow 1985, p. 119.