French Drove and Gedney Hill railway station

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French Drove and Gedney Hill
Gedney Hill Station - geograph.org.uk - 177303.jpg
Former station building
General information
Location Fenland
England
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Great Northern Railway
Pre-grouping Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
2 September 1867Opened
11 September 1961closed for passengers [1]
5 October 1964Closed for freight

French Drove and Gedney Hill was a station on the Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway near Gedney Hill in south Lincolnshire on the line between Spalding and March. [2]

Former Services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Murrow West   Great Northern and Great Eastern   Postland

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References

  1. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 188. OCLC   931112387.
  2. Historic England. "Monument No. 507009". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 10 April 2013.

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