Sibsey Station

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The station at Sibsey was located on the East Lincolnshire Line (now a part of the Skegness branch), 4.75 miles north of Boston. Opened on 2nd October 1848, it was closed to passengers (along with many others on the East Lincolnshire and the "Joint Line") on 11th September 1961. It continued to be used goods trains until 15th June 1964.

During 1981 the section between Sibsey and Boston was converted to single-track as an economy measure.

The final timetable for the passenger services at Sibsey (12th June - 10th September 1961) shows the following departures: (* Diesel train)

MONDAYS TO FRIDAYS

0716 Peterborough North
0749 Grimsby Town
0917 Skegness*
0935 Spalding*
1129 Grimsby Town
1300 Grantham*
1621 Grimsby Town
1641 Boston
1829 Firsby

SATURDAYS

0716 Peterborough North
0749 Grimsby Town
0834 Firsby*
0936 Peterborough North*
1218 Grimsby Town
1329 Grantham*
1632 Grimsby Town
1715 Peterborough North
1811 Firsby

SUNDAYS

1155 London King's Cross
1341 Skegness* (from 25th June)
1519 Grimsby Town
2002 Boston*
2249 Boston*

An early postcard view of the station.
The following were taken by myself on 12th September 2000.

The Station House is still extant, now used as a private dwelling.
General view of station.
Great Northern signalbox.
Looking south towards Boston. This section was singled from 1st June 1981.
Looking North towards Skegness.
The gates here are still moved manually, one of the very few in the UK to be operated this way.
43295 (43238 at the rear) pass with the 1S04 1235 Skegness to Nottingham. This was likely to be the last ever scheduled HST to run on the Skegness branch.

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