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The railway age  The Horncastle and Kirkstead Junction Railway Company In 1853 a group of far-sighted men local men formed a company to construct a railway from Kirkstead (on the Boston-Lincoln line) to the market town of Horncastle with Woodhall spa as an intermediate station. The story of the origins and construction of this line is told here. The Growth of the railway system in Lincolnshire Between 1853 and 1913 more lines were built in Lincolnshire so that most rural areas and the coastal resorts had access to a railway. This interactive map shows how the railway network grew in that period. Travelling on a train These paintings by Abraham Solomon illustrate the kind of conditions experienced by travellers on a train around about 1855. Woodhall Spa station Some photos of the station
Watching the trains go by 
In a memoir Gillian Jackson (John Wield's grand-daughter) tells how she and her brother, John, watched the trains going by the bungalow. Some interesting links: (Close these pages after viewing them to return here) This page has an animated diagram that shows how the Lincolnshire railway system fitted into the development of a country wide system. Woodhall Spa, LNER poster, 1923-1930 Some photos and information on the "New Line" and the Horncastle branch of the East Lincolnshire Railway Lincolnshire Railways Gallery: A large collection of photos. Along closed lines: Horncastle - Woodhall Junction - Louth |
