LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY STATIONS
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FIRSBY - 1970 - Firsby Station was opened by the East Lincolnshire Railway in September 1848 on the route from Boston to Grimsby as Firstby. Considering that the village it served was very small, the station was quite substantial, with three platforms, two branch lines (to Skegness and Spilsby) and a very interesting arrangement of level crossing gates! The Skegness line opened in July 1873 and was the source of considerable traffic. The branch to Spilsby lost its passenger services with the outbreak of World War Two, although goods services continued until 1958. Virtually the whole of the ELR system closed in October 1970, amidst great protest, with the exception of the line to Skegness. Here we see a Class 114 DMU arriving from Skegness in 1970 whilst another sits in the sidings.