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Eye Green railway station was a station in Eye, Cambridgeshire, on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line between Peterborough and Wisbech. The station was opened by the Peterborough, Wisbech and Sutton Bridge Railway (PW&SBR) on 1 August 1866 and was originally named "Eye"; it was renamed "Eye Green" on 1 October 1875.[2] The PW&SBR became part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway. It later came under the control of British Railways and was closed on 2 December 1957.[2] The station's name as given in some timetables "Eye Green for Crowland" was misleading, since a passenger would have a three-mile walk to Crowland.
Eye Green | |
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General information | |
Standort | Eye, City of Peterborough England |
Coordinates | 52°36′44″N 0°11′07″W / 52.6122°N 0.1852°W |
Grid reference | TF230031 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Peterborough, Wisbech and Sutton Bridge Railway |
Pre-grouping | Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway |
Post-grouping | Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway |
Key dates | |
1 August 1866 | Station opened as Eye |
1 October 1875 | Renamed Eye Green |
2 December 1957 | Station closed[1] |
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The station was adjacent to the Northam works of the London Brick Company. There was a busy siding where bricks were hand loaded onto trucks - before the days of palletisation.
There were through trains to Hunstanton, via King's Lynn.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Peterborough North Line closed, station open |
Midland and Great Northern Peterborough Line |
Thorney Line and station closed |
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