Burwell railway station

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Burwell
Burwell Station (remains).jpg
Burwell station site in 1963
General information
Location Burwell, East Cambridgeshire
England
Coordinates 52°15′59″N0°19′30″E / 52.2665°N 0.3250°E / 52.2665; 0.3250 Coordinates: 52°15′59″N0°19′30″E / 52.2665°N 0.3250°E / 52.2665; 0.3250
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-grouping Great Eastern Railway [1]
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
2 June 1884 (1884-06-02)Opened [1]
18 June 1962 (1962-06-18)Closed to passengers [1]
19 April 1965 (1965-04-19)Closed [2]

Burwell railway station was on the Cambridge and Mildenhall branch of the Great Eastern Railway.

After the closure of the line, the site of Burwell station was redeveloped, initially as a cardboard factory, and then a few decades later as a housing estate. The names of the streets Station Gate and Railway Close hint at the site's past usage.

Former Services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Swaffham Prior   Great Eastern
Cambridge and Mildenhall branch
  Exning Road Halt

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 49. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
  2. "Burwell Station (remains) © Ben Brooksbank cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 11 July 2022.