Bainton Gate railway station

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Bainton Gate
General information
Location Bainton, Peterborough
England
Grid reference TF093065
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-grouping Midland Railway
Key dates
2 October 1846Opened
1 August 1856Closed

Bainton Gate railway station was a short lived railway "station" in the Soke of Peterborough (now in Cambridgeshire) on the Syston and Peterborough Railway serving the village of Bainton. It was located at the level crossing on the Bainton to Tallington road. The crossing keeper's cottage survives and is now a private house. According to The Syston and Peterborough website, this cottage doubled as the station building. [1] The station closed on 1 August 1856. [2]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Uffington & Barnack   Midland Railway
Leicester to Peterborough
  Helpston

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References

  1. The Syston and Peterborough Railway (http://www.systonandpeterborough.info)
  2. Forgotten Railways, The East Midlands

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