Fulbourn railway station (for some time misspelled "Fulbourne" by British Rail) is a disused railway station on the Ipswich to Ely Line, and located between Cambridge and Six Mile Bottom. It served the Cambridgeshire village of Fulbourn, until its closure in January 1967.[2] Although the station is now closed, the line remains in use—with passenger services provided by Abellio Greater Anglia.
Fulbourn | |
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![]() Station remains in July 1993. | |
General information | |
Location | Fulbourn, South Cambridgeshire England |
Coordinates | 52.1882°N 0.2286°E / 52.1882; 0.2286 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Newmarket Railway[1] |
Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway[1] |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
Key dates | |
9 Oct 1851 | Opened[1] |
2 Jan 1967 | Closed[1] |
Reopening of the station was proposed by Cambridgeshire County Council in May 2013 as part of an infrastructure plan to deal with projected population growth up to 2050.[3][4]
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Cherryhinton Line open, station closed |
Newmarket Railway | Six Mile Bottom Line open, station closed | ||
Cambridge Line and station open |
Great Eastern Railway Ipswich to Ely Line |
Closed railway stations in Cambridgeshire | |
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Cambridge to Mildenhall railway | |
Ely and St Ives Railway |
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Stour Valley Railway |
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Varsity Line | |
Cambridge and Huntingdon railway |
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March to Wisbech |
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Leicester to Peterborough | |
Gt Northern & Gt Eastern Jt Railway | |
Stamford to Wansford |
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Ely–Peterborough line |
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M&GN (Peterborough branch) | |
Kettering to Huntingdon line | |
Holme to Ramsey North |
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Benwick Goods Railway |
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Ipswich–Ely line and Newmarket and Chesterford Railway | |
Other lines |
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