Coldham railway station explained

Coldham
Status:Disused
Borough:Fenland
Country:England
Platforms:2
Original:Eastern Counties Railway
Pregroup:Great Eastern Railway
Postgroup:London and North Eastern Railway
Eastern Region of British Railways
Years:1847
Events:Opened
Years3:7 March 1966
Events3:Closed[1]

Coldham railway station was a station in Coldham, Cambridgeshire. It was on the branch of the Great Eastern Railway which ran from March to Watlington, Norfolk. The station opened in 1847, and in 1894 a porter was killed in an accident there.[2]

The station closed in 1966, the line closed for passengers in 1968 and for freight in 2000. Nothing remains of the former station, with the exception of the former toilet block, which is concealed by undergrowth which has built up since the station closed.

A plan by the Bramley Line to restore the line between Wisbech and March may see trains return to Coldham in some form.

52.6048°N 0.1144°W

Notes and References

  1. Passengers No More by G.Daniels and L.Dench page 39
  2. Web site: Cambridge Chronicle . British Newspaper Archive. 6 October 2019.