Eye Green railway station
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Eye Green railway station was a station in Eye
, Cambridgeshire
on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
line between Peterborough
and Wisbech
. It later came under the control of British Railways and was closed in 1957. The station's full name "Eye Green for Crowland" was a typical historic railway company fraud. A passenger would have a 3 mile walk to Crowland! The station was adjacent to the Northam works of the London Brick Company. There was a busy siding where bricks were hand loaded onto trucks - before the days of palletisation.
There were through trains to Hunstanton, via Kings Lynn.
Former Services
Eye, Cambridgeshire
Eye is a village in the unitary authority area of Peterborough in England, south of Crowland and Eye Green. It was formerly in the Soke of Peterborough in Northamptonshire....
, 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...
on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
The Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway, was a joint railway owned by the Midland Railway and the Great Northern Railway in eastern England, affectionately known as the 'Muddle and Get Nowhere' to generations of passengers, enthusiasts, and other users.The main line ran from Peterborough to...
line between Peterborough
Peterborough
Peterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England, with an estimated population of in June 2007. For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire. Situated north of London, the city stands on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea...
and 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...
. It later came under the control of British Railways and was closed in 1957. The station's full name "Eye Green for Crowland" was a typical historic railway company fraud. A passenger would have a 3 mile walk to Crowland! The station was adjacent to the Northam works of the London Brick Company. There was a busy siding where bricks were hand loaded onto trucks - before the days of palletisation.
There were through trains to Hunstanton, via Kings Lynn.