Lowesby railway station was a railway station serving the villages of Lowesby

Lowesby

Lowesby is a small village in Leicestershire. The village once had Lowesby railway station on the way to Tilton on the Hill.-External links:...

 and Tilton on the Hill

Tilton on the Hill

Tilton on the Hill is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire. It lies 2 miles north of the A47, on the B6047 to Melton Mowbray. Halstead civil parish was merged with Tilton in 1935, while the deserted medieval village of Whatborough was merged in 1994...

, Leicestershire

Leicestershire

Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...

, on the Great Northern Railway

Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)

The Great Northern Railway was a British railway company established by the Great Northern Railway Act of 1846. On 1 January 1923 the company lost its identity as a constituent of the newly formed London and North Eastern Railway....

 Leicester branch.

Overview

The station opened in 1882 (as Loseby) and was one of two station serving Tilton, the other being Tilton station. For Tilton villagers travelling to Leicester however, Lowesby station was preferred, because it was nearer by public footpath (1 mile vs 1.2 miles), had more trains and because the train journey was 2.5 miles shorter, and therefore cheaper. Reflecting this, several commuter trains from Leicester terminated at Lowesby, although these were withdrawn in 1916 together with the Leicester to Peterborough trains. The station was renamed Lowesby in 1916.

The station closed to regular traffic in 1953 although summer excursion trains to Skegness

Skegness

Skegness is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. Located on the Lincolnshire coast of the North Sea, east of the city of Lincoln it has a total resident population of 18,910....

 and Mablethorpe

Mablethorpe

Mablethorpe is a small seaside town in East Lindsey on the coast of Lincolnshire, England.-Geography:Several small caravan parks exist around Mablethorpe. The town is administered with Sutton-on-Sea and Trusthorpe, as the civil parish of Mablethorpe and Sutton...

 continued until the end of the 1962 season. To the east of the station was Marefield Junction.

Former Services

Train Timetable for April 1910

The table below shows the train departures from Lowesby in April 1910.

Departure	Going to	Calling at	Arrival	Operator
07.22	Peterborough North	Tilton, East Norton, Hallaton, Medbourne, Rockingham, Seaton, Wakerley & Barrowden, King's Cliffe, Nassington, Wansford, Castor, Overton, Peterborough North	08.48	GNR
07.52	Leicester Belgrave Road	Ingersby, Thurnby & Scraptoft, Humberstone, Leicester Belgrave Road	08.15	GNR
07.54	Grantham	John O'Gaunt, Great Dalby, Melton Mowbray North, Scalford, Long Clawson & Hose, Harby & Stathern, Redmile, Bottesford, Sedgebrook, Grantham	09.10	GNR
08.34	Leicester Belgrave Road	Ingersby, Thurnby & Scraptoft, Humberstone, Leicester Belgrave Road	08.55	GNR
09.22	Grantham	John O'Gaunt, Great Dalby, Melton Mowbray North, Scalford, Long Clawson & Hose, Harby & Stathern, Redmile, Bottesford, Grantham	10.28	GNR
10.07	Newark Northgate	John O'Gaunt, Great Dalby, Melton Mowbray North, Scalford, Long Clawson & Hose, Harby & Stathern, Redmile, Cotham, Newark Northgate	11.10	GNR
10.18 (Mon & Wed)	Leicester Belgrave Road	Ingersby, Thurnby & Scraptoft, Humberstone, Leicester Belgrave Road	10.43	GNR
10.38	Peterborough North	Tilton, East Norton, Hallaton, Medbourne, Rockingham, Seaton, Wakerley & Barrowden, King's Cliffe, Nassington, Wansford, Castor, Overton, Peterborough North	12.06	GNR
10.59	Leicester Belgrave Road	Ingersby, Thurnby & Scraptoft, Humberstone, Leicester Belgrave Road	11.22	GNR
11.26 (Mon & Wed)	Grantham	John O'Gaunt, Great Dalby, Melton Mowbray North, Scalford, Long Clawson & Hose, Harby & Stathern, Grantham	12.50	GNR
12.13	Leicester Belgrave Road	Ingersby, Thurnby & Scraptoft, Humberstone, Leicester Belgrave Road	12.36	GNR
12.56	Grantham	John O'Gaunt, Great Dalby, Melton Mowbray North, Scalford, Long Clawson & Hose, Harby & Stathern, Redmile, Bottesford, Sedgebrook, Grantham	14.12	GNR
13.50	Leicester Belgrave Road	Ingersby, Thurnby & Scraptoft, Humberstone, Leicester Belgrave Road	14.15	GNR
15.48	Leicester Belgrave Road	Ingersby, Thurnby & Scraptoft, Humberstone, Leicester Belgrave Road	16.10	GNR
16.02	Grantham	John O'Gaunt, Great Dalby, Melton Mowbray North, Scalford, Long Clawson & Hose, Harby & Stathern, Redmile, Bottesford, Sedgebrook, Grantham	17.15	GNR
16.23	Peterborough North	Tilton, East Norton, Hallaton, Medbourne, Rockingham, Seaton, Wakerley & Barrowden, King's Cliffe, Nassington, Wansford, Castor, Peterborough North	17.46	GNR
16.24	Leicester Belgrave Road	Ingersby, Thurnby & Scraptoft, Humberstone, Leicester Belgrave Road	16.47	GNR
18.03	Grantham	John O'Gaunt, Great Dalby, Melton Mowbray North, Scalford, Long Clawson & Hose, Harby & Stathern, Redmile, Bottesford, Grantham	19.15	GNR
19.01 (Wed only)	Tilton	Tilton	19.06	GNR
19.02	Leicester Belgrave Road	Ingersby, Thurnby & Scraptoft, Humberstone, Leicester Belgrave Road	19.25	GNR
19.36	Leicester Belgrave Road	Ingersby, Thurnby & Scraptoft, Humberstone, Leicester Belgrave Road	19.59	GNR
21.00	Leicester Belgrave Road	Ingersby, Thurnby & Scraptoft, Humberstone, Leicester Belgrave Road	21.23	GNR
23.22	Melton Mowbray North	John O'Gaunt, Melton Mowbray North	23.38	GNR