Bainton Gate railway station

Disused railway station in Bainton, Peterborough

Bainton Gate
General information
Location	Bainton, Peterborough England
Grid reference	TF093065
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Key dates
2 October 1846	Opened
1 August 1856	Closed

Bainton Gate railway station was a short lived railway "station" in the Soke of Peterborough (now in Cambridgeshire) on the Syston and Peterborough Railway serving the village of Bainton. It was located at the level crossing on the Bainton to Tallington road. The crossing keeper's cottage survives and is now a private house. According to The Syston and Peterborough website, this cottage doubled as the station building.^[1] The station closed on 1 August 1856.^[2]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Uffington & Barnack		Midland Railway Leicester to Peterborough		Helpston

References

^ The Syston and Peterborough Railway (http://www.systonandpeterborough.info)
^ Forgotten Railways, The East Midlands

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. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

52°38′43″N 0°23′10″W / 52.64524°N 0.38598°W / 52.64524; -0.38598

Closed railway stations in Cambridgeshire

Cambridge to Mildenhall railway