Cowbit railway station
Encyclopedia
Cowbit railway station was a station in Cowbit
, Lincolnshire
. It was located on the route between and .
on 2 September 1867. It was closed by British Railways on 11 September 1961.
From 18-23 April 1977, Cowbit Up goods loop was the location of an episode of BBC Television
's Life at Risk series. British Railways Standard Corridor
Nos. W26121 and E24620, together with Brake Standard Corridor No. E35256, were repainted on one side in the colours of a Netherlands Railways
commuter train to carry out a re-enactment of the 1975 Dutch train hostage crisis
. Two Class 31
diesel-electrics from March depot
provided the motive power.
Cowbit
Cowbit is a village and civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies South of Spalding and North of Crowland....
, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
. It was located on the route between and .
History
The station was opened by the Great Northern RailwayGreat Northern Railway (Great Britain)
The Great Northern Railway was a British railway company established by the Great Northern Railway Act of 1846. On 1 January 1923 the company lost its identity as a constituent of the newly formed London and North Eastern Railway....
on 2 September 1867. It was closed by British Railways on 11 September 1961.
From 18-23 April 1977, Cowbit Up goods loop was the location of an episode of BBC Television
BBC Television
BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The corporation, which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927, has produced television programmes from its own studios since 1932, although the start of its regular service of television...
's Life at Risk series. British Railways Standard Corridor
Standard Corridor
The Standard Corridor type of railway carriage was one of the standard mid-20th century designs, and was coded SK by the LNER and BR, and CF by the LMS...
Nos. W26121 and E24620, together with Brake Standard Corridor No. E35256, were repainted on one side in the colours of a Netherlands Railways
Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Nederlandse Spoorwegen , or NS, is the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands.Its trains operate over the tracks of the Dutch national railinfrastructure, operated by ProRail, which was split off from NS in 2003...
commuter train to carry out a re-enactment of the 1975 Dutch train hostage crisis
1975 Dutch train hostage crisis
On December 2, 1975, seven South Moluccan terrorists seized a train with about 50 passengers on board in open countryside near the village of Wijster, halfway between Hoogeveen and Beilen in the northern part of the Netherlands. The hijacking lasted for 12 days and three hostages were killed.The...
. Two Class 31
British Rail Class 31
The British Rail Class 31 diesel locomotives, also known as the Brush Type 2 and originally as Class 30, were built by Brush Traction from 1957-62.- Description :...
diesel-electrics from March depot
March TMD
March TMD was a railway Traction Maintenance Depot situated near March, England. March was a steam shed under British Railways with the depot code 31B; the depot code of the diesel depot under BR was MR. The nearest railway station is March, and the depot was located close to the Whitemoor...
provided the motive power.