Bartlow railway station
Encyclopedia
Bartlow railway station was a station in Bartlow, Cambridgeshire on the Stour Valley Railway
at the junction with the Saffron Walden Railway
. There were two platforms on the Stour Valley line and a separate linked platform for the line to Saffron Walden.
in 1857. The Saffron Walden line closed in 1964 and the station was closed with the Stour Valley Line in 1967 in the wake of the Beeching Axe
as a large number of Britain's railway stations were shut.
Former Services
Stour Valley Railway
The Stour Valley Railway is a partially closed railway line that ran between , near Cambridge and in Essex, England. The line opened in sections between 1849 and 1865...
at the junction with the Saffron Walden Railway
Saffron Walden Railway
The Saffron Walden Railway was a branch of the Great Eastern Railway between Audley End and Bartlow on the Stour Valley Railway between Shelford to Haverhill, a distance of ....
. There were two platforms on the Stour Valley line and a separate linked platform for the line to Saffron Walden.
History
The station was originally constructed by the Great Eastern RailwayGreat Eastern Railway
The Great Eastern Railway was a pre-grouping British railway company, whose main line linked London Liverpool Street to Norwich and which had other lines through East Anglia...
in 1857. The Saffron Walden line closed in 1964 and the station was closed with the Stour Valley Line in 1967 in the wake of the Beeching Axe
Beeching Axe
The Beeching Axe or the Beeching Cuts are informal names for the British Government's attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running British Railways, the nationalised railway system in the United Kingdom. The name is that of the main author of The Reshaping of British Railways, Dr Richard...
as a large number of Britain's railway stations were shut.