Chesterton railway station was located on the line between Cambridge and Histon.[1] It opened in 1850 and closed the same year.
Chesterton | |
|---|---|
 Station site in 2016. | |
| General information | |
| Location | Chesterton, Cambridge England |
| Coordinates | 52°13′19″N 0°09′26″E / 52.222°N 0.1573°E |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Eastern Counties Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 19 January 1850 | Opened |
| October 1850 | Closed |
History
editIn 1846, the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) obtained authorisation in the Wisbech, St. Ives and Cambridge Junction Railway Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. ccclvi) to construct the Wisbech, St Ives and Cambridge Junction Railway.[2] The section from St Ives to Chesterton Junction on the King's Lynn to Cambridge line opened on 17 August 1847.[3] The line was originally double-track but was singled by 1854 before being redoubled in the 1870s.[4]
The ECR opened a "flag station" at Chesterton Junction on 19 January 1850.[5] It remained open until October 1850.[6][5][7][8] It was situated on the north side of Fen Road just before the main line crossed the River Cam.[9] A signal box controlling the junction and level crossing over Fen Road stood at the northern end of the bridge until November 1984.[10]
A triangle of land between the St Ives branch and the main line was used at least from 1911 by the permanent way department to store materials and comprised a number of sidings.[11] A modern permanent way depot was built on the site after the Second World War which incorporated a long-welded rails plant and a 2 ft (610 mm) gauge system operated by Ruston and Hornsby diesel mechanical locomotives.[12] By 2005, the depot had been abandoned and the site was heavily overgrown.[13]
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Histon Line and station closed |
Eastern Counties Railway Wisbech, St Ives and Cambridge Jcn Rly |
Cambridge Line and station open | ||
| Waterbeach Line and station open |
Eastern Counties Railway King's Lynn to Cambridge |
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Present day
editBy 2008, the sidings at Chesterton Junction were in use by Lafarge which operated an aggregates storage facility, a concrete batching and coated roadstone plants.[14] In 2015, planning permission was granted for the redevelopment of part of Chesterton Sidings for the construction of Cambridge North railway station, which opened on 21 May 2017.[15] The remainder of the 18-hectare (44-acre) site will become part of a mixed-use development with office, residential and retail space, and involving the relocation of the existing freight facility.[16]
References
edit- ^ Dewick, Tony (2002). Complete Atlas of Railway Station Names. Ian Allan. Map eleven. ISBN 0-7110-2798-6.
- ^ Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 171. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
- ^ Gordon, D.I. (1990) [1968]. The Eastern Counties. A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Vol. 5. Newton Abbot: David St John Thomas. p. 153. ISBN 0-946537-55-0.
- ^ Adderson, Richard; Kenworthy, Graham (October 2005). Cambridge to Ely including St Ives to Ely. Eastern Main Lines. Midhurst: Middleton Press. fig. XV. ISBN 978-1-904474-55-5.
- ^ a b Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
- ^ 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. 60. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- ^ Adderson & Kenworthy (2005), fig. 90
- ^ Clinker, C.R. (1988) [1978]. Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830–1980 (2nd ed.). Bristol: Avon-Anglia Publications & Services. p. 28. ISBN 0-905466-91-8. OCLC 655703233.
- ^ Cobb, M.H. (2006) [2003]. The Railways of Great Britain: A Historical Atlas. Vol. 1. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 227. ISBN 978-0-7110-3236-1.
- ^ Adderson & Kenworthy (2005), fig. 91
- ^ Adderson & Kenworthy (2005), fig. 87
- ^ Adderson & Kenworthy (2005), figs. 92 and 93
- ^ Adderson & Kenworthy (2005), fig. 95
- ^ Roger Tym and Partners (May 2008). "Cambridge Northern Fringe East - Viability of Planning Options" (PDF). para. 1.2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ "Delayed £50m Cambridge North railway station opens". BBC News. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ Brookgate (19 February 2015). "Relocation of railway sidings at Chesterton enables delivery of CB4 development". Cambridge Network. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
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