Somersham railway station

Former railway station in Cambridgeshire, England

The disused Somersham railway station in 1972
Somersham station in 1973

Somersham railway station was a station in Somersham, Cambridgeshire on the Great Eastern Railway between March and St Ives. There was also a branch line that ran north-west from the station to Ramsey. It opened in 1848, but was closed on 6 March 1967.[1]

The station was demolished and rebuilt at the private Fawley Railway Museum.[2]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
St Ives   Great Eastern Railway
March Line 		  Chatteris
St Ives   Great Eastern Railway
Ramsey Line 		  Warboys

References

  1. ^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 393. OCLC 931112387.
  2. ^ Disused Stations Retrieved : 2014-12-02

External links

  • Somersham 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
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  • West Fen Drove
  • Burnt House
  • Whittlesey Dyke
  • Jones Drove
  • White Fen
  • Benwick
Ipswich–Ely line and
Newmarket and Chesterford RailwayOther lines

52°22′52″N 0°00′22″E / 52.3811°N 0.006°E / 52.3811; 0.006