Scunthorpe (Dawes Lane) railway station

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 12 mile east of the present mainline station, opened in 1926, and about 18 mile east of Frodingham railway station, Scunthorpe's first station.

The site of the station in March 2016

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

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  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.