Present Day
Tracklifting commenced in early 1981, with the section between Grimsby and Waltham - constructed of bullhead rail - being the last to be removed. This section was designated by Humberside County Council for the building of the A16 Peaks Parkway. The roadworks put an end to hopes by the Great Northern and East Lincolnshire Railway plc to put the railway back in to Grimsby.
The station site survived largely intact until 2009 when, following a structural survey, it was determined that the stationhouse was beyond restoration and would have to be demolished. The property was demolished and another house was constructed on the site known as "New Station House". The former goods yard was obliterated by a redevelopment called "Station Mews" and involving the construction of eight properties accessed by a private road.
On 28 September 1991, a Light Railway Order was obtained which authorises the reinstatement of the East Lincolnshire Railway between Waltham and the former Keddington Road level crossing near Louth. The Lincolnshire Wolds Railway had intended on opening a station at Waltham. However as developers have built over the track bed to the south at Holton-le-Clay and at Waltham itself, it is now impossible to re-lay the track as far as Waltham. On 26 August 2009, the first train between North Thoresby and Ludborough ran for the first time in 47 years.
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