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Description: | THE RAILWAY LINE FROM WILLOUGHBY TO SUTTON ON SEA WAS OPENED IN 1886, AND SUTTON ON SEA TO MABLETHORPE IN 1888. THE RAILWAY AT SUTTON ON SEA WAS BUILT ENTIRELY OF WOOD. ON THE WEST PLATFORM THE WAS A WAITING ROOM 18FT 2 BY 19FT 6 AND A PLATFORM SIGNAL BOX OF SIMILAR SIZE AND FORM. ON THE EAST PLATFORM WAS A BOOKING HALL ETC OF SIMILAR FORM TO MUMBY ROAD, ON THE SAME LINE. IT WAS APPROX 60 FT LONG WITH AN OVERALL CANOPY. THE LARGE WOODEN GOODSHED 80FT BY 40FT WAS DEMOLISHED 1964-5. THE STATION WAS CLOSED FOR GOODS IN MARCH 1964, AND THE LINE AND THE STATION WERE CLOSED COMPLETELY IN OCTOBER 1970.{1} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 1540 - 1900 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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