Holme railway station (Cambridgeshire) explained

Holme
Status:Disused
Borough:Holme, Huntingdonshire
Country:England
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:3
Original:Great Northern Railway
Pregroup:Great Northern Railway
Postgroup:London and North Eastern Railway
Events:Opened
Years1:6 April 1959
Events1:Closed

Holme railway station is a former station in Holme, Cambridgeshire.[1]

History

The first section of the Great Northern Railway (GNR) - that from to a junction with the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway at Grimsby - opened on 1 March 1848, but the southern section of the main line, between and, was not opened until August 1850. Holme was one of the original stations, opening with the line on 7 August 1850.[2] [3]

On 1 August 1863 Holme became a junction station with the opening of the Ramsey Railway, between Holme and Ramsey.

The Ramsey branch closed to passengers on 6 October 1947, and Holme station closed on 6 April 1959.

External links

52.4744°N -0.2375°W

Notes and References

  1. British Railways Atlas.1947. p.11
  2. Book: Gordon, W.J. . Our Home Railways . 1989 . 1910 . Bracken Books . London . 1-85170-314-4 . volume II, p. 44 .
  3. Book: Awdry, Christopher . Christopher Awdry . Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies . 1990 . Guild Publishing . London . CN 8983 . 135 .