Counter Drain railway station

Counter Drain
Site of former station
General information
Location	Tongue End, South Holland, Lincolnshire England
Coordinates	52°46′21″N 00°15′18″W / 52.77250°N 0.25500°W / 52.77250; -0.25500
Grid reference	TF179208
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Spalding and Bourne Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Post-grouping	Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Key dates
1 August 1866	Opened
9 October 1880	Closed
1 February 1881	Opened
2 March 1959	Closed for passengers
30 March 1964	closed for freight

Counter Drain railway station was a remote station in Lincolnshire serving the village of Tongue End.^[1] It was on the route of the Spalding and Bourne Railway (opened 1866),^[2] later part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway which ran across East Anglia to the Norfolk Coast. The station opened with the line on 1 August 1866, closed temporarily between 9 October 1880 and 1 February 1881, and closed permanently on 2 March 1959,^[3] although the line remained open for goods until 1964.^[4][5] The three intermediate stations between Spalding and Bourne had unusual names, because there were few nearby settlements; "Counter Drain" was the name of a drainage ditch close to the station.^[6]

• Counter Drain Station on 1946 O. S. map