Chettisham railway station
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Chettisham railway station is a former railway station in Chettisham
, Cambridgeshire
. It was on the Great Eastern Railway
route between Ely
and March
. Although the station closed in 1960, the line is still in use.
(ECR) opened their line from to and Peterborough
on 14 January 1847. The ECR was amalgamated with other railways in 1862 to form the Great Eastern Railway
. The station was originally named Chittisham; it was renamed Chettisham on 1 August 1901.
The station closed on 13 June 1960.
Chettisham
Chettisham a very small village in East Cambridgeshire between Ely and Littleport. The main claim to fame is the level crossing along the A10, the few houses in the layby and the old signal box where there was once a Chettisham railway station on the line between Ely and March.There are some...
, Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
. It was on the Great Eastern Railway
Great 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...
route between Ely
Ely, Cambridgeshire
Ely is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England, 14 miles north-northeast of Cambridge and about by road from London. It is built on a Lower Greensand island, which at a maximum elevation of is the highest land in the Fens...
and March
March, Cambridgeshire
March is a Fenland market town and civil parish in the Isle of Ely area of Cambridgeshire, England. March was the county town of the Isle of Ely, a separate administrative county between 1889 and 1965, and is now the administrative centre of Fenland District Council.The town was an important...
. Although the station closed in 1960, the line is still in use.
History
The Eastern Counties RailwayEastern Counties Railway
The Eastern Counties Railway was an early English railway company incorporated in 1836. It was intended to link London with Ipswich via Colchester, and then on to Norwich and Yarmouth. Construction began in late March 1837 on the first nine miles, at the London end of the line.Construction was...
(ECR) opened their line from to and Peterborough
Peterborough East railway station
Peterborough East was a railway station in Peterborough, England. It was opened on 2 June 1845 and closed to passenger traffic on 6 June 1966. Located on Station Road just off Town Bridge, only the engine sheds and one platform remain extant today...
on 14 January 1847. The ECR was amalgamated with other railways in 1862 to form the Great Eastern Railway
Great 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...
. The station was originally named Chittisham; it was renamed Chettisham on 1 August 1901.
The station closed on 13 June 1960.