Eye Green railway station

Eye Green
Location
Place Eye
Area City of Peterborough
Coordinates 52°36′44″N 0°11′07″W / 52.6122°N 0.1852°W / 52.6122; -0.1852Coordinates: 52°36′44″N 0°11′07″W / 52.6122°N 0.1852°W / 52.6122; -0.1852
Grid reference TF230031
Operations
Original company Peterborough, Wisbech and Sutton Bridge Railway
Pre-grouping Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Post-grouping Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Platforms 2
History
1 August 1866 (1866-08-01) Station opened as Eye
1 October 1875 Renamed Eye Green
2 December 1957 (1957-12-02) Station closed
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Eye Green railway station was a station in Eye, Cambridgeshire on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line between Peterborough and Wisbech. The station was opened by the Peterborough, Wisbech and Sutton Bridge Railway (PW&SBR) on 1 August 1866 and was originally named Eye; it was renamed Eye Green on 1 October 1875.[1] The PW&SBR was later part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway. It later came under the control of British Railways and was closed on 2 December 1957.[1] The station's name as given in some timetables "Eye Green for Crowland" was misleading, since a passenger would have a three-mile walk to Crowland. The station was adjacent to the Northam works of the London Brick Company. There was a busy siding where bricks were hand loaded onto trucks - before the days of palletisation. There were through trains to Hunstanton, via King's Lynn.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Peterborough North
Line closed, station open		   Midland and Great Northern
Peterborough Line		   Thorney
Line and station closed

References

  1. 1 2 Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 93. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.


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