The line crossed the River Trent about 600 yards west of the station
General information
Location
Torksey, Lincolnshire England
Platforms
2
Other information
Status
Disused
History
Original company
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
Pre-grouping
Great Central Railway
Post-grouping
LNER
Key dates
Dec 1850[1]
Station opened
2 November 1959
Station closed
Looking along the former trackbed into the site of the station
Torksey railway station was a station in Torksey, Lincolnshire on the line between Lincoln and Retford.[2] It closed to passengers in 1959, but part of the line remained in use for freight traffic (serving a nearby oil distribution depot) until 1 June 1988.[3][failed verification] Torksey Viaduct remains as a Grade II Listed Structure.
Preceding station
Disused railways
Following station
Cottam
Great Central Railway Clarborough Junction-Cottam-Sykes Junction branch
Saxilby
^Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
^British Railways Atlas.1947. p.16
^Historic England. "Torksey station (507096)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 11 March 2011.
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