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An act of parliament was passed on July 29th 1864 for a railway from Alford to Mablethorpe. This was not supported financially and thus was never built. The idea was revived in 1873 with a slightly different route but this was rejected by parliament. The plan changed again and eventually a tramway from Alford to Sutton on Sea was built. It opened in 1884 with limited success. The route was difficult and consequently the trains were slow and unreliable. The death knoll tolled for the tramway in 1886 when the Great Northern Railway was built. The tramway finally closed in November 1889. {5}
The increasing capital cost of railway branch lines and the reluctance of the major companies to promote them led to the development of rural steam tramways as a cheaper alternative. In response to the opening of the LECR a steam tramway was built along the public roads from Sutton on Sea to Alford and opened in 1884 {1}
It was a 2 foot 6 inch gauge tramway with a single pair of rails. The tram route required a level surface and evidence was seen during the watching brief on the Bisby village water main relay, of large scale raising of the ground contours. {2}{3} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 1884 - 1889 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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