Grafham railway station explained

Grafham
Status:Disused
Country:England
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:1
Original:Kettering, Thrapston and Huntingdon Railway
Pregroup:Midland Railway
Postgroup:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Years:1 March 1866
Events:Opened as Graffham
Years1:1 February 1877
Events1:Renamed Grafham
Years2:15 June 1959
Events2:Closed[1]

Grafham railway station was a railway station in Grafham, Cambridgeshire. The station and its line closed in 1959.[2]

In the 1990s the railway station buildings still stood and were lived in. The area around the old platform (known in the village as 'the scrapyard') had been used to dispose of old machinery and other debris as can be seen in the background of the view in 1995. The platform itself was still clearly visible. Since then the site was cleared, buildings demolished, and a row of new houses built on the land.

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52.3103°N -0.2978°W

Notes and References

  1. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. Book: Quick, M E. Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. 2002. Railway and Canal Historical Society. Richmond. 203. 931112387.