page_title: Boston, Sleaford and Midland Counties Railway
section_title: Opening from Sleaford to Boston
hierarchical_section_title: Boston, Sleaford and Midland Counties Railway / Opening from Sleaford to Boston
caption_attribution_description: English: Sleaford Station
context_page_description: The Boston, Sleaford and Midland Counties Railway opened a railway line between Grantham and Boston, through Sleaford, England. It opened in two stages, in 1857 and 1859.
  Although not a major line, it formed part of a route from industrial cities in the East Midlands to Lincolnshire seaside resorts, and a major seasonal traffic developed in the twentieth century.
  The line remains open at the present day.
context_section_description: The second part of the line was inspected by Captain Tyler on 31 March, but he was not satisfied, requiring the electric telegraph to be installed, the junction and signalman's stage at Boston to be completed, clocks at stations, a ballast pit near Sleaford to be fenced, contractors' gear removed, a safe method of working to be determined by the GNR, and iron spikes instead of wooden trenails used to secure chairs to sleepers. On his second visit he was satisfied that these conditions had been fulfilled. This section opened on 12 or 13 April 1859. The single line was to be worked in two sections by staff and ticket. The opening day was marred by a mishap when the 3.10 p.m. passenger train from Grantham ran into some coal wagons at Sleaford, which were being shunted from one side of the line to the other by coal merchants' men without the permission of railway staff.
caption: Sleaford station
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