Dogdyke railway station
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Dogdyke railway station was a station on the former Great Northern Railway
between Boston
and Lincoln.
The station, and essentially the hamlet of Dogdyke
itself, served a transhipment point at the confluence of the rivers Bain
and Witham
. Principal traffic was agricultural, but also included coals for the nearby Drainage engine
whose fuel had always been delivered by water. Before the railway there had been traffic from the Bain and the Horncastle Canal
It served the village of Dogdyke
in Lincolnshire
, England
until closure in the 1960s. The station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train
" by Flanders and Swann
.
Former Services
Great 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....
between Boston
Boston railway station
Boston railway station serves the town of Boston in Lincolnshire, England. Services are operated by East Midlands Trains.-History:The station has declined in importance since the 1960s. In its heyday the station employed over 50 staff and had two through tracks and cover over the platform tracks...
and Lincoln.
The station, and essentially the hamlet of Dogdyke
Dogdyke
Dogdyke is a hamlet near Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England. It is at the confluence of the Rivers Bain and Witham, and close to where the River Slea joins the Witham.Nearby settlements are the hamlets of Chapel Hill, Tattershall Bridge and Hawthorn Hill....
itself, served a transhipment point at the confluence of the rivers Bain
River Bain
The River Bain is a river in Lincolnshire, England, and a tributary of the River Witham.The Bain rises in the Lincolnshire Wolds at Ludford, a village on The Viking Way long-distance footpath, and flows through or past the villages of Burgh on Bain, Biscathorpe, Donington on Bain, Goulceby with...
and Witham
River Witham
The River Witham is a river, almost entirely in the county of Lincolnshire, in the east of England. It rises south of Grantham close to South Witham, at SK8818, passes Lincoln at SK9771 and at Boston, TF3244, flows into The Haven, a tidal arm of The Wash, near RSPB Frampton Marsh...
. Principal traffic was agricultural, but also included coals for the nearby Drainage engine
Dogdyke Engine
The Dogdyke Engine is a drainage engine near Tattershall, Lincolnshire, in England. of land around Tattershall was authorised for drainage in 1796, and came under the control of the Witham Third District commissioners in 1844...
whose fuel had always been delivered by water. Before the railway there had been traffic from the Bain and the Horncastle Canal
Horncastle Canal
The Horncastle Canal was a broad canal which ran 11 miles from the River Witham to Horncastle in Lincolnshire, England, through twelve locks largely following the course of River Bain...
It served the village of Dogdyke
Dogdyke
Dogdyke is a hamlet near Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England. It is at the confluence of the Rivers Bain and Witham, and close to where the River Slea joins the Witham.Nearby settlements are the hamlets of Chapel Hill, Tattershall Bridge and Hawthorn Hill....
in 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...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
until closure in the 1960s. The station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train
Slow Train
"Slow Train" is a song by the British duo Flanders and Swann, written in 1963.It laments the loss of British stations and railway lines in that era, due to the Beeching cuts, and also the passing of a way of life, with the advent of motorways etc....
" by Flanders and Swann
Flanders and Swann
The British duo Flanders and Swann were the actor and singer Michael Flanders and the composer, pianist and linguist Donald Swann , who collaborated in writing and performing comic songs....
.