Murrow East railway station

Former railway station in Cambridgeshire, England

Murrow East
Station in early 1900s.
General information
LocationMurrow, Fenland
England
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyPeterborough, Wisbech and Sutton Bridge Railway
Pre-groupingMidland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Post-groupingMidland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Key dates
1 Aug 1866[1]Opened as
Murrow
27 Sep 1948Renamed
Murrow East
2 Mar 1959[2]Closed for passengers
19 April 1965closed for freight

Murrow East railway station was a station in Murrow, Cambridgeshire. It was on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line between Wisbech and Peterborough. There was another station in the settlement, Murrow West railway station, on the Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Wryde   Midland and Great Northern
Peterborough Line
  Wisbech St Mary

References

  1. ^ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  2. ^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 307. OCLC 931112387.

External links

  • Murrow East station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
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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°38′25″N 0°01′42″E / 52.6403°N 0.0282°E / 52.6403; 0.0282


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