Histon railway station

Histon
Histon railway station, circa 2010
Location
Place	Histon
Area	South Cambridgeshire
Coordinates	52°14′32″N 0°06′37″E / 52.2423°N 0.1103°E / 52.2423; 0.1103Coordinates: 52°14′32″N 0°06′37″E / 52.2423°N 0.1103°E / 52.2423; 0.1103
Operations
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway British Railways
Platforms	2
History
17 August 1847	Opened
5 October 1970	Closed
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Histon was the name of a railway station in Impington, Cambridgeshire^[1] on the Cambridge–St Ives branch of the Great Eastern Railway. The station was closed as part of the Beeching Axe in 1970;^[2] but the line through the station remained open for freight trains until the early 1992.^[2] The station was partially demolished to aid in the construction of the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway but the station building was saved from being demolished; a car park was planned to be built on the site of the demolished station building.^[3]

Gallery

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  Histon railway station in 2005

References and notes

1. ↑ Impington is the name given to the southern and eastern parts of the wider conurbation of 'Histon & Impington'.
2. 1 2 Catford, Nick. "Disused Stations: Histon Station". Disused Stations. Subterranea Britannica. Retrieved 2011-02-19. 
3. ↑ Dunn, Owen (2005). "Histon". British Railway Stations. Retrieved 2011-02-19. 

External links

• Histon station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
• Photos of The Cambridge to St Ives Line