Chettisham railway station

Coordinates: 52°25′37″N 0°16′42″E / 52.4269°N 0.2782°E

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Chettisham
Remains in 1983
General information
Location	Chettisham, East Cambridgeshire England
Coordinates	52°25′37″N 0°16′42″E / 52.4269°N 0.2782°E / 52.4269; 0.2782
Grid reference	TL550834
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Eastern Counties Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
14 January 1847 (1847-01-14)	Opened as Chittisham
1 August 1901	Renamed Chettisham
13 June 1960 (1960-06-13)	Closed for passengers
13 July 1964	closed for freight

Chettisham railway station is a former railway station in Chettisham, Cambridgeshire. It was on the Great Eastern Railway route between Ely and March.^[1] Although the station closed for passengers in 1960, the line is still in use.

History

The Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) opened their line from Ely to March and Peterborough on 14 January 1847.^[2] The ECR was amalgamated with other railways in 1862 to form the Great Eastern Railway.^[3] The station was originally named Chittisham; it was renamed Chettisham on 1 August 1901.^[4]

The station closed to passengers on 13 June 1960^[4] but was briefly reopened with temporary platforms as "Ely Temporary Station" in 1991–2 while Ely Station was being renovated in connection with the electrification of the main line from Cambridge to King's Lynn^[5]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Black Bank Line open, station closed		Great Eastern Railway		Ely Line and station open

References

^ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.11
^ Allen, Cecil J. (1956) [1955]. The Great Eastern Railway (2nd ed.). Hampton Court: Ian Allan. p. 47.
^ Allen 1956, p. 46
^ ^a ^b Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. pp. 60, 61. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
^ Mitchell, V; Smith, K; Awdry, C; Mott, A (1993). Branch Lines Around March. Middleton Press. ISBN 1-873793-09-X.

External links

Chettisham Station on navigable O.S. map

v t e Closed railway stations in Cambridgeshire
Cambridge to Mildenhall railway	Barnwell Junction Fen Ditton Halt Quy Bottisham and Lode Swaffham Prior Burwell Exning Road Halt Fordham Isleham
Ely and St Ives Railway	St Ives Bluntisham Earith Bridge Sutton Haddenham Wilburton Stretham
Stour Valley Railway	Pampisford Linton Bartlow
Varsity Line	Gamlingay Old North Road Lord's Bridge
Cambridge and Huntingdon railway	St Ives Swavesey Long Stanton Oakington Histon Chesterton
March to Wisbech	Wisbech East Wisbech East (x2) Coldham
Leicester to Peterborough	Uffington & Barnack Bainton Gate Helpston Walton Peterborough Crescent
Gt Northern & Gt Eastern Jt Railway	Murrow West Guyhirne Wimblington Chatteris Somersham Warboys Ramsey East Godmanchester Huntingdon East
Stamford to Wansford	Barnack Ufford Bridge Wansford Road Sibson
Ely–Peterborough line	Peterborough East Eastrea Stonea Black Bank Chettisham
M&GN (Peterborough branch)	Eye Green Thorney Wryde Murrow East Wisbech St Mary Wisbech North Ferry
Kettering to Huntingdon line	Kimbolton Grafham Buckden
Holme to Ramsey North	Holme St. Mary's Ramsey North
Benwick Goods Railway	Quakers Drove West Fen Drove Burnt House Whittlesey Dyke Jones Drove White Fen Benwick
Ipswich–Ely line and Newmarket and Chesterford Railway	Soham Six Mile Bottom Fulbourn Cherryhinton Balsham Road Abington Bourne Bridge
Other lines	Abbots Ripton Castor Elton Fletton Harston Offord and Buckden Orton Waterville Peakirk Prickwillow Yaxley & Farcet

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