Ramsey East railway station
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Ramsey East | |
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General information | |
Location | Ramsey, Huntingdonshire England |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Great Eastern Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
Key dates | |
16 September 1889 | Opened as Ramsey High Street[1] |
1 July 1923 | Renamed Ramsey East |
22 September 1930 | Closed for passengers |
17 September 1956 | closed for freight |
Ramsey East railway station was a railway station in Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, which is now closed. It opened on 16 September 1889, and closed to passenger traffic on 22 September 1930,[2] and to freight traffic on 17 September 1956. The site is now occupied by the west side of Bury Road Industrial Estate, and a new housing development aptly called Signal Road and The Sidings. It was the terminus of a branch line connected via Warboys railway station to Somersham, where it joined the main Great Eastern Railway line between St Ives and March, which at its upper end towards March is now occupied by the route A141 between Chatteris and March.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Terminus | GN and GE Joint Railway | Warboys |
References
- ^ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 194. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- ^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 358. OCLC 931112387.
External links
- Ramsey East station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
- Ramsey East station on Subterranea Britannica
52°26′44″N 0°06′41″W / 52.4456°N 0.1113°W
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