Bluntisham railway station

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Bluntisham
Bluntisham Station 1838390 706f8b88.jpg
The station in 1974
General information
Location Bluntisham, Huntingdonshire
England
Coordinates 52°20′55″N0°00′06″E / 52.3486°N 0.0018°E / 52.3486; 0.0018 Coordinates: 52°20′55″N0°00′06″E / 52.3486°N 0.0018°E / 52.3486; 0.0018
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Ely and St Ives Railway
Pre-grouping Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
10 May 1878Opened
2 February 1931Closed to passengers
5 October 1964Closed for freight

Bluntisham railway station was a station in Bluntisham, Cambridgeshire on the Ely and St Ives Railway. The station closed for regular passenger services in 1931 but was used for special excursion trains until 1958 [1] The station had a single platform, a signal box, and a goods shed on a loop. [2]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
St Ives   Great Eastern Railway
Ely and St Ives Railway
  Earith Bridge

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References

  1. "Disused Stations: Bluntisham Station".
  2. RS Joby. The Ely & St Ives Railway.