Black Bank railway station

Black Bank

View NW, towards March in 1963
Location
Place Little Downham
Area East Cambridgeshire
Grid reference TL532853
Operations
Original company Eastern Counties Railway
Pre-grouping Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Eastern Region of British Railways
Platforms 2
History
14 January 1847 Opened as Little Downham
November 1853 Renamed Black Bank
17 June 1963 Closed to passengers[1]
19 April 1965 Closed to goods[2]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Black Bank railway station was a railway station in Black Bank, Cambridgeshire which is now closed.[3] The station platforms have been demolished but the goods shed still stands and remains in use.[2] Although the station is closed, the line is still in use.

Former Services
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Manea   Great Eastern Railway   Chettisham

References

  1. Butt, R. V. J. (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. pp. 144,35. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  2. 1 2 Mitchell, V; Smith, K; Awdry, C; Mott, A (1993). Branch Lines Around March. Middleton Press. ISBN 1-873793-09-X.
  3. British Railways Atlas.1947. p.11

Coordinates: 52°26′40″N 0°15′11″E / 52.44444°N 0.25299°E / 52.44444; 0.25299


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