Godmanchester railway station

Godmanchester
Location
Place	Godmanchester
Area	Huntingdonshire
Coordinates	52°19′34″N 0°10′31″W / 52.3262°N 0.1752°W / 52.3262; -0.1752Coordinates: 52°19′34″N 0°10′31″W / 52.3262°N 0.1752°W / 52.3262; -0.1752
Operations
Original company	East Anglian Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	3
History
19 August 1847 (1847-08-19)	Opened as Huntingdon
1 July 1882	Renamed Godmanchester
15 June 1959	Closed to passengers
4 June 1962	Closed to freight
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Godmanchester railway station was a railway station situated in the village of Godmanchester in Huntingdonshire, England. It was situated on the Huntingdon to St Ives line.

History

The station was built by the Ely and Huntingdon Railway (E&HR), and opened on 19 August 1847; it was originally named Huntingdon.^[1] Prior to opening, the E&HR amalgamated with the Lynn and Dereham Railway and the Lynn and Ely Railway to form the East Anglian Railway (EAR).^[2] The EAR was absorbed by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) in 1862.^[2] The line and station were transferred to the Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway (GN&GEJR) in 1879,^[2] and on 1 July 1882, the station was renamed Godmanchester.^[1] The GN&GEJR became part of the London and North Eastern Railway when that company was created in the 1923 Grouping by amalgamation of the GER with several other railways.

The station closed to passengers on 15 June 1959^[1] and to freight on 4 June 1962. It has since been demolished.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Huntingdon East		GN and GE Joint Railway		St Ives

References

1 2 3 Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. pp. 105, 125. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
1 2 3 Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. pp. 125, 130. CN 8983.

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Closed railway stations in Cambridgeshire

Cambridge to Mildenhall railway	Barnwell Junction Fen Ditton Halt Quy Bottisham and Lode Swaffham Prior Burwell Exning Road Halt Fordham Isleham

Ely and St Ives Railway	St Ives Bluntisham Earith Bridge Sutton Haddenham Wilburton Stretham

Stour Valley Railway	Pampisford Linton Bartlow

Varsity Line	Gamlingay Old North Road Lord's Bridge

Cambridge and Huntingdon railway	St Ives Swavesey Long Stanton Oakington Histon Chesterton

March to Wisbech	Wisbech East Wisbech East (x2) Coldham

Leicester to Peterborough	Uffington & Barnack Bainton Gate Helpston Walton Peterborough Crescent

Gt Northern & Gt Eastern Jt Railway	Murrow West Guyhirne Wimblington Chatteris Somersham Warboys Ramsey East Godmanchester Huntingdon East

Stamford to Wansford	Barnack Ufford Bridge Wansford Road Sibson

Ely to Peterborough Line	Peterborough East Eastrea Stonea Black Bank Chettisham

M&GN (Peterborough branch)	Eye Green Thorney Wryde Murrow East Wisbech St Mary Wisbech North Ferry

Kettering to Huntingdon line	Kimbolton Grafham Buckden

Holme to Ramsey North	Holme St. Mary's Ramsey North

Benwick goods railway	Quakers Drove West Fen Drove Burnt House Whittlesey Dyke Jones Drove White Fen Benwick

Ipswich to Ely Line and Newmarket and Chesterford Railway	Soham Six Mile Bottom Fulbourn Cherryhinton Balsham Road Abington Bourne Bridge

Other lines	Abbots Ripton Castor Elton Fletton Harston Offord and Buckden Orton Waterville Peakirk Prickwillow Yaxley & Farcet

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