Ufford Bridge railway station

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Ufford Bridge
Ufford-Bridge-by-Rodney-Burton.jpg
Former site of Ufford Bridge railway station.
General information
Location Ufford, City of Peterborough
England
Grid reference TF085040
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-grouping Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1867Opened
1929Closed

Ufford Bridge railway station was a station serving the villages of Ufford and Southorpe in the Soke of Peterborough (now part of Cambridgeshire). The station was situated where the road from Ufford crosses the railway, at the point where it meets the Barnack to Southorpe road.

The platform was under and to the north of the bridge and the goods siding to the south. A waiting room was built utilising the road bridge as its roof. The train guard combined the duties of station master, porter, booking clerk and ticket collector at Ufford Bridge.

The station was on the Stamford and Essendine Railway line from Stamford to Wansford line which never really recovered from the 1926 general strike [ citation needed ], and the station closed with the line on 1 July 1929. [1] [2]

Former Services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Barnack   Great Northern Railway
Stamford and Essendine Railway
  Wansford Road

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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. 432. OCLC   931112387.
  2. 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. 237. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.

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