Grafham railway station

Grafham
View in 1995
General information
LocationGrafham, Cambridgeshire England
Grid referenceTL161694
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyKettering, Thrapston and Huntingdon Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 March 1866Opened as Graffham
1 February 1877Renamed Grafham
15 June 1959Closed[1]

Grafham railway station was a railway station in Grafham, Cambridgeshire. The station and its line closed in 1959.[2]

In the 1990s the railway station buildings still stood and were lived in. The area around the old platform (known in the village as 'the scrapyard') had been used to dispose of old machinery and other debris as can be seen in the background of the view in 1995. The platform itself was still clearly visible. Since then the site was cleared, buildings demolished, and a row of new houses built on the land.[citation needed]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Kimbolton   Midland Railway
Kettering to Huntingdon Line 		  Buckden

References

  1. ^ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 203. OCLC 931112387.

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