Long Stanton railway station

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Long Stanton
Long Stanton station, with bus - 2019-10-26.jpg
Long Stanton station building, with a bus travelling on the guided busway, October 2019
General information
Location Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire
England
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-grouping Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
British Railways
Key dates
19 August 1847Opened
5 October 1970Closed

Long Stanton railway station was a station on the Great Eastern Railway, between Cambridge and Huntingdon. It served the villages of Longstanton and Willingham (being roughly midway between them), until closure in October 1970. [1] The station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.

The railway line through Long Stanton remained open for freight trains from Cambridge to St Ives, Cambridgeshire, until 1992. The track was removed and one platform demolished in 2007, due to construction of the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway; however, the station building remains in private ownership. Parts from the platforms were preserved for re-use on the Mid-Norfolk Railway.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Swavesey   Great Eastern Railway   Oakington

References

  1. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 277. OCLC   931112387.

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