Huntingdon East railway station

Huntingdon East railway station served the town of Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England from 1883 to 1959.

Huntingdon East
The site of the station in 2018
General information
Location	Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire England
Coordinates	52.3279°N 0.192°W / 52.3279; -0.192
Grid reference	TL233715
Platforms	3
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway British Railways (Eastern Region)
Key dates
1 May 1883 (1883-05-01)	Opened as Huntingdon
1 July 1923	Renamed Huntingdon East
18 September 1959 (1959-09-18)	Closed to passengers
circa 1962	Closed completely

History

The station opened on 1 May 1883 by the Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway. It was situated east of the present Huntingdon railway station. There was another station that was built in 1850 which was called Huntingdon but when this station opened the original station was renamed Godmanchester to avoid confusion. The station was renamed Huntingdon East on 1 July 1923. The station closed to passengers on 15 June 1959^[1] and goods traffic on 18 September 1959 after the Huntingdon to St. Ives line closed, although military trains and excursions continued to serve the station in the 1960s.^[2]

References

1. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 236. OCLC 931112387.
2. "Disused Stations: Huntingdon East". Disused Stations. Retrieved 3 March 2017.

External links

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Buckden		GN and GE Joint Railway		Godmanchester