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]
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.