Stretham railway station

Former railway station in England

52°21′51″N 0°13′26″E / 52.3642°N 0.2238°E / 52.3642; 0.2238Grid referenceTL514763Platforms1Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyEly, Haddenham and Sutton RailwayPre-groupingGreat Eastern RailwayPost-groupingLondon and North Eastern RailwayKey dates16 April 1866Opened2 February 1931Closed to passengers13 July 1964Closed

Stretham railway station was a station in Stretham, Cambridgeshire on the Ely and St Ives Railway.

History

The railway line between Ely and Sutton was built by the Ely, Haddenham and Sutton Railway (EH&SR). It opened on 16 April 1866,^[1] and one of the original stations was that at Stretham.^[2] The EH&SR became the Ely and St Ives Railway in 1878 and was absorbed by the Great Eastern Railway in 1898.^[3] Regular passenger trains ceased to call at Stretham on 2 February 1931, but occasional passenger excursion trains used the station until around 1956.^[2] It was closed to goods on 13 July 1964.

The station featured a single platform, a signal box and a goods loop.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Wilburton		Great Eastern Railway Ely and St Ives Railway		Ely

Notes

^ Awdry 1990, p. 131
^ ^a ^b Butt 1995, p. 223
^ Awdry 1990, pp. 130–1

Sources

Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. CN 8983.
Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
Joby, R.S. The Ely & St Ives Railway. Norwich: Klofron.