Stretham railway station should not be confused with Streatham railway station.
Stretham | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Stretham, East Cambridgeshire |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 52.3642°N 0.2238°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Platforms: | 1 |
Original: | Ely, Haddenham and Sutton Railway |
Pregroup: | Great Eastern Railway |
Postgroup: | London and North Eastern Railway |
Years: | 16 April 1866 |
Events: | Opened |
Events1: | Closed to passengers |
Years2: | 13 July 1964 |
Events2: | Closed |
Stretham railway station was a station in Stretham, Cambridgeshire on the Ely and St Ives Railway.
The railway line between and Sutton was built by the Ely, Haddenham and Sutton Railway (EH&SR). It opened on 16 April 1866, and one of the original stations was that at Stretham. The EH&SR became the Ely and St Ives Railway in 1878 and was absorbed by the Great Eastern Railway in 1898. Regular passenger trains ceased to call at Stretham on 2 February 1931, but occasional passenger excursion trains used the station until around 1956. It was closed to goods on 13 July 1964.
The station featured a single platform, a signal box and a goods loop.
. Christopher Awdry . Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies . 1990 . Guild Publishing . London . CN 8983 .