Wisbech St Mary railway station

Former railway station in Cambridgeshire, England

Wisbech St Mary
Beechings Close, which now occupies the old station site and trackbed.
General information
LocationWisbech, Fenland
England
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyPeterborough, Wisbech and Sutton Bridge Railway
Pre-groupingMidland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Post-groupingMidland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Key dates
1 Aug 1866[1]Opened as
Wisbeach St Mary
4 May 1877Renamed
Wisbech St Mary
2 Mar 1959[2]Closed for passengers
28 December 1964closed for freight
The former station building before it was demolished.

Wisbech St Mary railway station was a station on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line between Wisbech and Peterborough. Located in Wisbech St. Mary, it is now closed.

The station building is no longer standing, having been demolished in around 2006 to make way for a new housing development on Beechings Close.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Murrow East   Midland and Great Northern
Peterborough Line
  Wisbech North

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. 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. 461. OCLC 931112387.

External links

  • Wisbech St Mary 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
Newmarket and Chesterford RailwayOther lines

52°39′21″N 0°06′03″E / 52.6557°N 0.1008°E / 52.6557; 0.1008


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