Wisbech North railway station

This article is about the Midland and Great Northern Railway station in Wisbech. For the Great Eastern railway station, see Wisbech East railway station.

Wisbech North railway station was a station serving the town of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. It was part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway and was one of two stations serving the town. The other was Wisbech East on the line from March to Watlington also known as the Bramley Line. Wisbech North station was located just off Harecroft Road near a small housing estate called "Cricketers Way".^[3]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Wisbech St Mary		Midland and Great Northern Peterborough Line		Ferry

Wisbech North
Site of Wisbech North station in 2022
General information
Location	Wisbech, Cambridgeshire England
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 Aug 1866[1]	Opened as Wisbeach
4 May 1877	Renamed Wisbech [2]
27 Sep 1948	Renamed Wisbech North
2 Mar 1959	Closed for passengers
28 December 1964	closed for freight

History

Located on Harecroft Road, it was on the line between Sutton Bridge and Peterborough which was closed in 1959 by British Railways.

See also

Wisbech East railway station

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. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
2. "Renaming". Diss Express. 27 August 1948. p. 8.
3. "Side by side georeferenced maps viewer - Map images - National Library of Scotland". maps.nls.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2022.

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