Ludborough railway station

Ludborough
Peckett 0-4-0 Fulstow No. 2 at Ludborough in 2004.
Location
Place	Ludborough
Area	East Lindsey
Coordinates	53°26′41″N 0°01′52″W / 53.4447°N 0.0311°W / 53.4447; -0.0311Coordinates: 53°26′41″N 0°01′52″W / 53.4447°N 0.0311°W / 53.4447; -0.0311
Grid reference	TF308960
Operations
Original company	East Lincolnshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway Eastern Region of British Railways
Operated by	Great Northern & East Lincolnshire Railway plc Lincolnshire Wolds Railway
Platforms	3
History
1 March 1848	Opened
11 September 1961	Closed to passengers
25 May 1965	Goods facilities withdrawn
December 1980	Closure of line
1984	Preservation society take over site
1998	First trains run
26 August 2009	Opening to North Thoresby
Stations on heritage railways in the United Kingdom
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Ludborough is a heritage railway station in Ludborough, Lincolnshire, England, which is the base of the Lincolnshire Wolds Railway. The station, which was previously part of the East Lincolnshire Railway, closed in 1961 to passengers and 1965 to freight, but was taken over by the preservation society in 1984. The first trains from the station to North Thoresby, to the north, ran in August 2009, the first for 47 years. There are proposals to extend the line further in both directions towards Holton-le-Clay and Louth.

The station was opened on 28 March 1848 and was originally named Ludborough for Fulstow although the for Fulstow was later dropped. Although its name is taken from the Lincolnshire village of Ludborough, the station is in fact situated halfway between that village and Fulstow. It was constructed by contractor John Waring and Sons of Rotherham who, in December 1846, had agreed to construct the line between Grimsby and Louth for the sum of £46,102 (£NaN as of 2017). The architects of the station buildings were John Grey Weightman and Matthew Ellison Hadfield of Sheffield.

Ludborough, some 5 miles (8 km) from Louth, was provided with staggered platforms either side of a level crossing; the up platform to the south of the crossing and the up to the north. A third lower platform was later added in connection with the rail motor service introduced from 1905. Situated opposite the up platform, the rail motor platform is adjacent to a brick stationmaster's house which also comprised the booking office and passenger waiting room. The architectural style of the house and the station layout is similar to the stations at North Thoresby, Holton-le-Clay and Waltham.