Little Steeping railway station

Little Steeping
Location
Place	Little Steeping
Area	East Lindsey
Coordinates	53°07′41″N 0°08′44″E / 53.12804°N 0.14557°E / 53.12804; 0.14557Coordinates: 53°07′41″N 0°08′44″E / 53.12804°N 0.14557°E / 53.12804; 0.14557
Operations
Original company	East Lincolnshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway Eastern Region of British Railways
Platforms	2
History
2 October 1848	Opened
1 June 1913	Becomes junction station
11 September 1961	Closed to passenger traffic
15 June 1964	Closed to goods traffic
5 October 1970	Closure of the Kirkstead and Little Steeping Line
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Little Steeping was a railway station on the East Lincolnshire Railway which served the hamlet of Little Steeping in Lincolnshire between 1848 and 1964. It became a junction station in June 1913 when the Kirkstead and Little Steeping Railway was opened to provide a more direct route to Skegness for East Midlands holidaymakers. Withdrawal of passenger services took place in 1961, followed by goods facilities in 1964. The line through the station remains in use as the Poacher Line, although the Kirkstead and Little Steeping Railway closed throughout on 5 October 1970.

The station was opened on 2 October 1848 to serve the hamlet of Little Steeping. It was constructed by Peto and Betts civil engineering contractors who, in January 1848, had taken over the contract to construct the section of the East Lincolnshire Railway between Louth and Boston from John Waring and Sons. This section was the last to be completed in September 1848 at an agreed cost of £123,000 (£NaN in 2017). The station was provided with two platforms: a signal box was built on the up platform and the main station buildings were on the down platform. The signal box was situated near the level crossing over a minor road linking Little Steeping with Great Steeping to the north. A farm crossing at Ings Lane to the north of the station at grid reference TF445623 was the location of a fatal accident in November 1897 when Tom Odlin was killed whilst crossing the line in foggy weather with a corn wagon drawn by two horses, the wagon being pushed down the line for some distance.

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