Chesterton railway station

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Chesterton
Cambridge North station taking shape.jpg
Station site in 2016.
General information
Location Chesterton, Cambridge
England
Coordinates 52°13′19″N0°09′26″E / 52.222°N 0.1573°E / 52.222; 0.1573 Coordinates: 52°13′19″N0°09′26″E / 52.222°N 0.1573°E / 52.222; 0.1573
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Eastern Counties Railway
Key dates
19 January 1850 (1850-01-19)Opened
October 1850 (1850-10)Closed

Chesterton railway station was located on the line between Cambridge and Histon. [1] It opened in 1850 and closed the same year.

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History

In 1846, the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) obtained authorisation to construct the Wisbech, St Ives and Cambridge Junction Railway. [2] The section from St Ives to Chesterton Junction on the King's Lynn to Cambridge line opened on 17 August 1847. [3] The line was originally double-track but was singled by 1854 before being redoubled in the 1870s. [4]

The ECR opened a "flag station" at Chesterton Junction on 19 January 1850. [5] It remained open until October 1850. [6] [5] [7] [8] It was situated on the north side of Fen Road just before the main line crossed the River Cam. [9] A signal box controlling the junction and level crossing over Fen Road stood at the northern end of the bridge until November 1984. [10]

A triangle of land between the St Ives branch and the main line was used at least from 1911 by the permanent way department to store materials and comprised a number of sidings. [11] A modern permanent way depot was built on the site after the Second World War which incorporated a long-welded rails plant and a 2 ft (610 mm) gauge system operated by Ruston and Hornsby diesel mechanical locomotives. [12] By 2005, the depot had been abandoned and the site was heavily overgrown. [13]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Histon
Line and station closed		  Eastern Counties Railway
Wisbech, St Ives and Cambridge Jcn Rly 		  Cambridge
Line and station open
Waterbeach
Line and station open		  Eastern Counties Railway
King's Lynn to Cambridge 		 

Present day

By 2008, the sidings at Chesterton Junction were in use by Lafarge which operated an aggregates storage facility, a concrete batching and coated roadstone plants. [14] In 2015, planning permission was granted for the redevelopment of part of Chesterton Sidings for the construction of Cambridge North railway station, which opened on 21 May 2017. [15] The remainder of the 18-hectare (44-acre) site will become part of a mixed-use development with office, residential and retail space, and involving the relocation of the existing freight facility. [16]

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  11. ↑ Adderson & Kenworthy (2005) , fig. 87
  12. ↑ Adderson & Kenworthy (2005) , figs. 92 and 93
  13. ↑ Adderson & Kenworthy (2005) , fig. 95
  14. ↑ Roger Tym and Partners (May 2008). "Cambridge Northern Fringe East - Viability of Planning Options" (PDF). para. 1.2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  15. ↑ "Delayed £50m Cambridge North railway station opens". 21 May 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  16. ↑ Brookgate (19 February 2015). "Relocation of railway sidings at Chesterton enables delivery of CB4 development". Cambridge Network . Retrieved 1 December 2016.


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