Black Bank railway station

Black Bank

View NW, towards March in 1963
Location
Place Little Downham
Area East Cambridgeshire
Grid reference TL532853
Operations
Original company Eastern Counties Railway
Pre-grouping Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Eastern Region of British Railways
Platforms 2
History
14 January 1847 Opened as Little Downham
November 1853 Renamed Black Bank
17 June 1963 Closed to passengers[1]
19 April 1965 Closed to goods[2]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Black Bank railway station was a railway station in Black Bank, Cambridgeshire which is now closed.[3] The station platforms have been demolished but the goods shed still stands and remains in use.[2] Although the station is closed, the line is still in use.

Former Services
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Manea   Great Eastern Railway   Chettisham

References

  1. ↑ Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. pp. 144,35. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
  2. 1 2 Mitchell, V; Smith, K; Awdry, C; Mott, A (1993). Branch Lines Around March. Middleton Press. ISBN 1-873793-09-X.
  3. ↑ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.11

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Coordinates: 52°26′40″N 0°15′11″E / 52.44444°N 0.25299°E / 52.44444; 0.25299


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