Bourne Bridge railway station

Bourne Bridge
General information
LocationAbington, South Cambridgeshire
England
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNewmarket Railway[1]
Key dates
8 Apr 1848[1]Opened
1 Jul 1850[1]Closed
9 Sep 1850[1]Re-opened
9 Oct 1851[1]Closed

Bourne Bridge railway station served Little Abington, Great Abington, Pampisford and Babraham in Cambridgeshire. It was closed in 1851, along with its line, which was one of the earliest line closures in England.

The site of the station was taken over for the construction of the Railway Inn public house.[2] It is believed that the abandoned station was reconstructed around ten years after closure when it reopened as an inn to capitalise on the newly opened Pampisford railway station.[2] What is more, it appears that approximately one-quarter to one-third of the inn comprised the actual brickwork of the station.[2]

Former Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Abington[3]   Newmarket Railway   Chesterford[3]
  1. ^ a b c d e 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. 40. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  2. ^ a b c "Letters:The Newmarket Railway". Railway World. 35 (408): 181. April 1974.
  3. ^ a b Dewick, Tony (2002). Complete Atlas of Railway Station Names. Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-2798-6.