Holme railway station is a former station in Holme, Cambridgeshire.[1]
Holme | |
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General information | |
Location | Holme, Huntingdonshire England |
Grid reference | TL198877 |
Platforms | 3 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Great Northern Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Northern Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
Key dates | |
7 August 1850 (1850-08-07) | Opened |
6 April 1959 | Closed |
The first section of the Great Northern Railway (GNR) - that from Louth to a junction with the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway at Grimsby - opened on 1 March 1848, but the southern section of the main line, between Maiden Lane and Peterborough, was not opened until August 1850. Holme was one of the original stations, opening with the line on 7 August 1850.[2][3][4]
On 1 August 1863 Holme became a junction station with the opening of the Ramsey Railway, between Holme and Ramsey.[5]
The Ramsey branch closed to passengers on 6 October 1947,[5] and Holme station closed on 6 April 1959.[4]
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Abbots Ripton Line open, station closed |
Great Northern Railway East Coast Main Line |
Yaxley and Farcet Line open, station closed | ||
Disused railways | ||||
Terminus | Great Northern Railway Ramsey branch |
St Mary's Line and station closed |
Closed railway stations in Cambridgeshire | |
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Cambridge to Mildenhall railway | |
Ely and St Ives Railway | |
Stour Valley Railway | |
Varsity Line | |
Cambridge and Huntingdon railway | |
March to Wisbech | |
Leicester to Peterborough | |
Gt Northern & Gt Eastern Jt Railway | |
Stamford to Wansford | |
Ely–Peterborough line | |
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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