The Anonymous Widower

Spalding Station – 8th September 2021

I’d only ever been through Spalding station a couple of times, but I’d never seen the station, so because I wanted to take some pictures of the completed Werrington Dive Under, I decided to take a train to the station today.

The quality of the station was a welcome surprise.

• It was opened in 1848.
• But it is a Grade II Listed Building.
• It has a very tasteful step-free footbridge totally in-keeping with the rest of the station.
• The Entrance Hall, which I didn’t photograph, was excellent.

I can only fault the station in that it lacks a café or better still a real ale pub. But there is a Sainsbury’s outside the door.

Greengauge 21’s Suggestion, That Thameslink Be Extended To Spalding

In the study by Greengauge 21, which is entitled Connecting East Lincolnshire, this is said.

As noted the Spalding-Peterborough line should be a strong candidate for electrification because of its freight potential, and if so it could also accommodate an extension of Thameslink services from London and the South East to Spalding where interchange would be made with a Spalding–Boston–Louth–Grimsby express bus using the A16.

This Google Map shows the station.

Note.

1. The station only has forty-five parking spaces.
2. I suspect the express bus could park outside the station.
3. There is probably space to the North of the station for a turnback siding.
4. Trains seem to take about 21 minutes to cover the 16.6 miles from Peterborough.

There certainly doesn’t seem to be anything that gives a great big No!

September 8, 2021 - Posted by AnonW | Transport | Connecting East Lincolnshire, Greengauge 21, Spalding Station, Step-Free, Thameslink, Werrington Dive Under