Emneth was a railway station which served the village of Emneth Hungate

Emneth Hungate

Emneth Hungate is a small settlement in Norfolk, England. It is close to the village of Emneth in Cambridgeshire. It once had its own Emneth railway station on the now closed line between Watlington and Wisbech.- Notable residents :...

 near Wisbech

Wisbech

Wisbech is a market town, inland port and civil parish with a population of 20,200 in the Fens of Cambridgeshire. The tidal River Nene runs through the centre of the town and is spanned by two bridges...

 in Norfolk

Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

, England

England

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. The station was opened in 1848 as an extension of the East Anglian Railway's line from Magdalen Road station (now known as Watlington) to Wisbech East

Wisbech East railway station

This article is about the Great Eastern Railway station in Wisbech. For the Midland and Great Northern railway station see Wisbech North.Wisbech East was a railway station in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. It was opened in 1848 and became part of the Great Eastern Railway network, providing connections...

. The station's location, like that of the neighbouring Middle Drove station

Middle Drove railway station

Middle Drove was a railway station which served the village of Tilney Fen End near Downham Market in Norfolk, England. The station was opened in 1848 as an extension of the East Anglian Railway's line from Magdalen Road station to Wisbech East...

, was fairly rural and the line eventually closed in 1968, a casualty 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...

. In October 1942, a hoard of Roman

Ancient Rome

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 silver coins together with fragments of an urn in which they were stored was found near the station. Emneth's station building survived closure, and has since been converted into a private residence.