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Former railway station in Cambridgeshire, England

Ferry
Ferry station in 2022
General information
LocationNewton-in-the-Isle, Fenland
England
Coordinates52°42′17″N 0°09′20″E / 52.7046°N 0.1555°E / 52.7046; 0.1555
Grid referenceTF456141
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyPeterborough, Wisbech and Sutton Bridge Railway
Pre-groupingMidland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Post-groupingMidland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Key dates
1 August 1866Opened
2 March 1959Closed

Ferry railway station was a railway station in Newton-in-the-Isle, Cambridgeshire. It was on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway between Sutton Bridge and Wisbech. Its location was fairly rural, and a large amount of its traffic would have been farm goods. The line it stood on closed in 1959.

Former Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Wisbech North   Midland and Great Northern
Peterborough Line
  Tydd

References

  1. Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  2. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 181. OCLC 931112387.

External links

Closed railway stations in Cambridgeshire
Cambridge to Mildenhall railway
Ely and St Ives Railway
Stour Valley Railway
Varsity Line
Cambridge and Huntingdon railway
March to Wisbech
Leicester to Peterborough
Gt Northern & Gt Eastern Jt Railway
Stamford to Wansford
Ely–Peterborough line
M&GN (Peterborough branch)
Kettering to Huntingdon line
Holme to Ramsey North
Benwick Goods Railway
  • Quakers Drove
  • West Fen Drove
  • Burnt House
  • Whittlesey Dyke
  • Jones Drove
  • White Fen
  • Benwick
Ipswich–Ely line and
Newmarket and Chesterford Railway
Other lines


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