Castor railway station explained

Castor
Status:Disused
Borough:Castor, City of Peterborough
Country:England
Coordinates:52.5665°N -0.36°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Pregroup:London and North Western Railway
Postgroup:London Midland and Scottish Railway
Years:2 June 1845
Events:Opened
Years1:1 July 1957
Events1:Closed for passengers
Years2:28 December 1964
Events2:closed for freight

Castor Railway Station was a station serving the villages Castor and Ailsworth in Cambridgeshire. It was on the old London and North Western Railway Northampton to Peterborough line. On 3 January 1945 the station was badly damaged by a V1 attack.[1] The station closed in 1957 but trains between Rugby and Peterborough East continued to run until the line itself closed in 1966. The line between Wansford and Peterborough has since been reopened as the Nene Valley Railway, although Castor station itself remains closed.

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Notes and References

  1. Camus Project (2004) Five Parishes. Their People and Places. A History of the Villages of Castor, Ailsworth, Marholm with Milton, Upton and Sutton, P242