Helpston railway station

Helpston
Remains of the station in 1995
Location
Place Helpston
Area City of Peterborough
Grid reference TF131055
Operations
Pre-grouping Midland Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Eastern Region of British Railways
Platforms 2
History
2 October 1846 Opened as Helpstone [1]
1 July 1858 renamed Helpstone for Market Deeping
1 May 1877 renamed Helpston for Market Deeping
1 May 1912 renamed Helpston
6 June 1966 Closed
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Helpston railway station was a station in Helpston, Cambridgeshire, on the Midland Railway's Syston and Peterborough Railway. It was closed in 1966. The Great Northern Railway main line runs adjacent to the Midland Railway at this point, but the Great Northern never had a station in Helpston. This was due to an agreement whereby the Midland carried materials to the site during construction of the Great Northern, and in return the Great Northern offered no competition for services on this section.[2]

The goods shed survives, as does the Great Northern Railway signal box, which is now used only to monitor a number of level crossings in the vicinity. Helpston level crossing itself carries the Helpston to Glinton road over the four tracks of the ex-GNR line and the two tracks of the ex-MR line. This was previously two separate level crossings, controlled by two separate signal boxes. There was space for two cars between the level crossings. The crossings were merged and converted from gates to full barriers in the 1970s.

Peterborough railway line diagram
Great Northern Railway to Grantham
Birmingham–Peterborough line
 Helpston
Peterborough–Lincoln line
Werrington Junction
 Walton
M&GNR to Wisbech North
Wisbech Junction
Westwood Junction
New England sidings
North Station (GNR Station)
 Peterborough Crescent
River Nene
Ely line to Peterborough East
Fletton Junction
N&P Line to Orton Waterville
Great Northern Railway to London

References

  1. ↑ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. ↑ Robin Leleux, A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Volume 9 The East Midlands.
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Bainton Gate   Midland Railway
Leicester to Peterborough		   Walton

Coordinates: 52°38′10″N 0°19′51″W / 52.6360°N 0.3307°W / 52.6360; -0.3307

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