Coldham railway station

Former railway station in Cambridgeshire, England

Coldham
General information
LocationFenland
England
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyEastern Counties Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
1847Opened
7 March 1966Closed[1]

Coldham railway station was a station in Coldham, Cambridgeshire. It was on the branch of the Great Eastern Railway which ran from March to Watlington, Norfolk. The station opened in 1847, and in 1894 a porter was killed in an accident there.[2]

The station closed in 1966, the line closed for passengers in 1968 and for freight in 2000. Nothing remains of the former station, with the exception of the former toilet block, which is concealed by undergrowth which has built up since the station closed.

A plan by the Bramley Line to restore the line between Wisbech and March may see trains return to Coldham in some form.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
March   British Rail
Eastern Region
Wisbech Line 		  Wisbech East
Heritage Railways  Proposed Heritage railways
March Elm Road   Bramley Line   Waldersea
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Closed railway stations in Cambridgeshire
Cambridge to Mildenhall railwayEly and St Ives Railway
Stour Valley RailwayVarsity LineCambridge and Huntingdon railwayMarch to WisbechLeicester to PeterboroughGt Northern & Gt Eastern Jt RailwayStamford to WansfordEly–Peterborough lineM&GN (Peterborough branch)Kettering to Huntingdon lineHolme to 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 RailwayOther lines

52°36′17″N 0°06′52″E / 52.6048°N 0.1144°E / 52.6048; 0.1144

References

  1. ^ Passengers No More by G.Daniels and L.Dench page 39
  2. ^ "Cambridge Chronicle". Retrieved 6 October 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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