Ferry railway station

Former railway station in Cambridgeshire, England

52°42′17″N 0°09′20″E / 52.7046°N 0.1555°E / 52.7046; 0.1555Grid referenceTF456141Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyPeterborough, Wisbech and Sutton Bridge RailwayPre-groupingMidland and Great Northern Joint RailwayPost-groupingMidland and Great Northern Joint RailwayKey dates1 August 1866[1]Opened2 March 1959Closed[2]

Ferry railway station was a railway station in Newton-in-the-Isle, Cambridgeshire. It was on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway between Sutton Bridge and Wisbech. Its location was fairly rural, and a large amount of its traffic would have been farm goods. The line it stood on closed in 1959.

Former Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Wisbech North   Midland and Great Northern
Peterborough Line
  Tydd

References

  1. ^ 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. 96. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  2. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 181. OCLC 931112387.

External links

  • Ferry station on navigable 1946 O.S. map
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Closed railway stations in Cambridgeshire
Cambridge to Mildenhall railwayEly and St Ives Railway
Stour Valley RailwayVarsity LineCambridge and Huntingdon railwayMarch to WisbechLeicester to PeterboroughGt Northern & Gt Eastern Jt RailwayStamford to WansfordEly–Peterborough lineM&GN (Peterborough branch)Kettering to Huntingdon lineHolme to Ramsey North
Benwick Goods Railway
  • Quakers Drove
  • West Fen Drove
  • Burnt House
  • Whittlesey Dyke
  • Jones Drove
  • White Fen
  • Benwick
Ipswich–Ely line and
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