SideTracked Railway200 - (Lincoln)
This is a short outdoor event to mark the 200th Anniversary of rail travel in the UK
Celebrate 200 Years of Railway History!
In 1825, the Stockton & Darlington Railway opened the world’s first passenger railway station on Tuesday 27th September — a milestone that transformed travel forever. Steam locomotives carried passengers and goods at unprecedented speed, sparking a transport revolution that connected towns, boosted industry, and shaped modern Britain.
This special SideTracked Railway 200 event in Lincoln is part of a nationwide celebration running from Wednesday 24th to Tuesday 30th September 2025. All finds and hides from this event count towards your SideTracked statistics, and a unique profile badge will be created especially for this event. Whether your chosen location is old, disused, miniature, or still bustling today, it’s part of a railway story that’s been 200 years in the making.
For more information on Railway200 see here
For more information on the SideTracked Series see here
What's happening?
The Event now standing at Lincoln Station is the 12:30 to...Lincoln Station, calling at...
- Meet, greet and chat with other cachers
- Sign the logbook
- Swap trackables, geocoins and woodies
- Join in a group photo in front of the station buiilding
- Bonus points for arriving by train; double points if you come in fancy dress!
- FTF will be awarded to the best impersonater of a steam train
See it - Attend it - Log it!
Lincoln Station
Lincoln railway station (previously Lincoln Central) serves the city of Lincoln, The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway, which provides the majority of services from the station, with other services being provided by Northern and London North Eastern Railway. It is the busiest station in Lincolnshire, and the fifth busiest station in the East Midlands.
The station buildings were designed by John Henry Taylor of London in 1848, for the Great Northern Railway company. It is built in a Tudor revival style of yellow brick, with stone dressings and slate roofs, with six ridge and eight side wall stacks. The buildings and footbridge were Grade II listed in 1990.
The station has been the only station in Lincoln since the closure of Lincoln St. Marks in 1985. Despite this, the station retained its "Central" suffix until 2019. The station's "welcome" message, recorded by East Midlands Trains and still in use, refers to the station as Lincoln Central.
