Castor railway station

Castor
Former site of Castor railway station
General information
Location	Castor, City of Peterborough England
Coordinates	52°33′59″N0°21′36″W / 52.5665°N 0.36°W / 52.5665; -0.36
Grid reference	TL113978
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
2 June 1845	Opened
1 July 1957	Closed for passengers
28 December 1964	closed for freight
Location

v t e Nene Valley Railway
Legend
Ely–Peterborough line Peterborough East Peterborough North East Coast Main Line Peterborough Nene Valley Longville Junction Orton Mere Overton for Ferry Meadows Ham Lane Castor Stamford and Essendine Railway Old Great North Road Wansford Wansford Tunnel (616 yards) Yarwell Junction Northampton & Peterborough Rly Gt. Northern & London & North Western Jt Rly  to Rugby

Castor Railway Station was a station serving the villages Castor and Ailsworth in Cambridgeshire. It was on the old London and North Western Railway Northampton to Peterborough line. On 3 January 1945 the station was badly damaged by a V1 attack. ^[1] The station closed in 1957 but trains between Rugby and Peterborough East continued to run until the line itself closed in 1966. The line between Wansford and Peterborough has since been reopened as the Nene Valley Railway, although Castor station itself remains closed.

The station site can be seen at the beginning of a Diet Coke advert from 1988.

Former Services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Wansford		London and North Western Railway Northampton to Peterborough East		Orton Waterville
		London and North Western Railway Rugby to Peterborough East
		Great Northern Railway Leicester Belgrave Road to Peterborough North

References

1. Camus Project (2004) Five Parishes. Their People and Places. A History of the Villages of Castor, Ailsworth, Marholm with Milton, Upton and Sutton, P242

External links

• Castor station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
• Castor station on Subterranea Britannica
• Castor station seen from the south in the advertisement