Scunthorpe (Dawes Lane) railway station

The site of the station in March 2016

Scunthorpe (Dawes Lane) railway station was a small railway station, the original southern terminus of the North Lindsey Light Railway situated adjacent to the level crossing on Dawes Lane and about 1⁄2 mile east of the present mainline station, opened in 1926, and about 1⁄8 mile east of Frodingham railway station, Scunthorpe's first station.

The station was opened on 3 September 1906 with a service to Winterton and Thealby. Passenger services ended on 13 July 1925[1][2] but the section of line through the station is still open in connection with bulk waste trains from sites on Greater Manchester to a landfill at Roxby mines.[3]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Terminus   North Lindsey Light Railway   Normanby Park (Goods)

53°35′25″N 0°38′12″W / 53.5904°N 0.6368°W / 53.5904; -0.6368

References

  1. ^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 381. OCLC 931112387.
  2. ^ 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. p. 207. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  3. ^ "Disused Scunthorpe Railway Station... © Jonathon High cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 9 November 2022.