Wisbech North railway station

Wisbech North
Wisbech North
	Site of Wisbech North station in 2022
General information
Location	Wisbech, Cambridgeshire; 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	Opened as; Wisbeach
4 May 1877	Renamed; Wisbech
27 Sep 1948	Renamed; Wisbech North
2 Mar 1959	Closed for passengers
28 December 1964	closed for freight

Wisbech North railway station was a station serving the town of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. It was part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway and was one of two stations serving the town. The other was Wisbech East on the line from March to Watlington also known as the Bramley Line. Wisbech North station was located just off Harecroft Road near a small housing estate called "Cricketers Way".^[2]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Wisbech St Mary		Midland and Great Northern Peterborough Line		Ferry

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Located on Harecroft Road, it was on the line between Sutton Bridge and Peterborough which was closed in 1959 by British Railways.

References[edit]

^ 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.
^ "Side by side georeferenced maps viewer - Map images - National Library of Scotland". maps.nls.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2022.

52°40′10″N 0°09′00″E / 52.6694°N 0.1499°E / 52.6694; 0.1499

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[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] "Side by side georeferenced maps viewer - Map images - National Library of Scotland". maps.nls.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2022.

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v t e 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–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–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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