The abandoned Cambs train station that’s now been replaced by a …

Hundreds of railway stations have closed in Britain since the train network started spreading across the country in the 19th century. Cambridgeshire is no exception and lost many of its stations in the 1960s.

Many of those long lost stations only served passengers for a few years, while others stood strong for well over a century. One such example of the latter is Wimblington railway station, which was operated by Eastern Counties Railway.

The station opened in the village on February 1, 1848 and was located on the line between Chatteris and March. It closed for good on March 6, 1967 as part of the ‘Beeching cuts’, which saw a restructure of the railway system in the UK.

The line ran along the course of the present A141 Chatteris – March bypass, veering off at the bend past Bridge Lane on a route which takes it along Woodmans Way. The station itself had two platforms and also offered a freight train.

Following its closure, the station was demolished in the 1970’s and the A141 was built on the track bed. The road is still present to this day and there are very few remnants of the track that used to pass through.

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