Barnack railway station

Barnack
The station in 1961
General information
LocationBarnack, City of Peterborough
England
Coordinates52°38′05″N 0°24′04″W / 52.6347°N 0.4011°W / 52.6347; -0.4011
Grid referenceTF083053
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyStamford and Essendine Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Northern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
9 August 1867 (1867-08-09)Opened
1 July 1929 (1929-07-01)Closed

Barnack railway station was a station in the Soke of Peterborough (now Cambridgeshire) serving the village of Barnack. Despite being located adjacent to the village, the more remote Uffington & Barnack station on the Midland Railway Leicester to Peterborough line was more convenient for many journeys. Barnack station was opened by the Stamford and Essendine Railway (S&ER) on 9 August 1867;[1] it was on the S&ER's branch from Stamford to Wansford. The S&ER was leased to the Great Northern Railway at the end of 1892.[2] The line never really recovered from the 1926 general strike[citation needed], and the station closed with the line on 1 July 1929.[1] In 2014 the building survives as a private house.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Stamford East
Line and station closed
  Great Northern Railway
Stamford and Essendine Railway
  Ufford Bridge
Line and station closed
  1. ^ a b Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 27. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  2. ^ Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. pp. 162–3. CN 8983.