Chesterton railway station

Chesterton
Location
Place	Chesterton
Area	Cambridge
Coordinates	52°13′19″N 0°09′26″E / 52.222°N 0.1573°E / 52.222; 0.1573Coordinates: 52°13′19″N 0°09′26″E / 52.222°N 0.1573°E / 52.222; 0.1573
Operations
Original company	Eastern Counties Railway^[1]
History
17 August 1847^[1]	Station opened
October 1850	Station closed
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Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Chesterton railway station was located on the line between Cambridge and Histon.^[2] It opened in 1847 and closed in 1850.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Histon Line and station closed		Great Eastern Railway Cambridge & St. Ives Branch		Cambridge Line and station open

Cambridge North railway station, currently (2015) under construction, had the working name of Chesterton at some stage of its development.

References

1 2 Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 60. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
↑ Dewick, Tony (2002). Complete Atlas of Railway Station Names. Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-2798-6.

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 to 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 to 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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