Algarkirk and Sutterton railway station

Algarkirk and Sutterton
Former station buildings
Location
Place	Sutterton
Area	Boston
Operations
Original company	Great Northern Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	2
History
17 October 1848	Station opens as Sutterton, Swineshead and Donnington
September 1850	Station renamed Algarkirk and Sutterton
11 September 1961	Station closes
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Algarkirk and Sutterton railway station was a station^[1] which served the villages of Algarkirk and Sutterton in the English county of Lincolnshire. It was served by trains on the line from Boston to Spalding.^[2]

History

Opened by the Great Northern Railway it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, passing on to the Eastern Region of British Railways during the nationalisation of 1948. It was then closed by the British Transport Commission.

The site today

The trackbed has been built over by road construction. The station building and goods shed stand next to the roundabout where the A16 and A17 roads meet.

References

• R.V.J.Butt, (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd.  ISBN 1-85260-508-1
• A. Jowett, (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing.  ISBN 0-906899-99-0
• Station on navigable O.S. map

Coordinates: 52°53′26.4″N 0°5′0.2″W / 52.890667°N 0.083389°W / 52.890667; -0.083389