Wisbech St Mary railway station

Wisbech St Mary
Beechings Close, which now occupies the old station site and trackbed.
General information
Location	Wisbech, Fenland England
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Peterborough, Wisbech and Sutton Bridge Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Post-grouping	Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Key dates
1 Aug 1866 [1]	Opened as Wisbeach St Mary
4 May 1877	Renamed Wisbech St Mary
2 Mar 1959 [2]	Closed for passengers
28 December 1964	closed for freight
Location

The former station building before it was demolished.

Wisbech St Mary railway station was a station on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line between Wisbech and Peterborough. Located in Wisbech St. Mary, it is now closed.

The station building is no longer standing, having been demolished in around 2006 to make way for a new housing development on Beechings Close.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Murrow East		Midland and Great Northern Peterborough Line		Wisbech North

References

1. 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. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
2. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 461. OCLC   931112387.

External links

• Wisbech St Mary station on navigable 1946 O. S. map

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