Castor
Former site of Castor railway station
General information
LocationCastor, City of Peterborough
England
Coordinates52°33′59″N 0°21′36″W / 52.5665°N 0.36°W / 52.5665; -0.36
Grid referenceTL113978
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1845Opened
1957Closed for passengers
28 December 1964closed for freight
Nene Valley Railway
Peterborough East
Peterborough North
Peterborough Nene Valley
Longville Junction
Orton Mere
Overton for Ferry Meadows
Ham Lane
Castor
Old Great North Road
Wansford
Wansford Tunnel (616 yards)
Yarwell Junction

Castor Railway Station was a station serving the villages Castor and Ailsworth in Cambridgeshire. It was on the old London and North Western Railway Northampton to Peterborough line. On 3 January 1945 the station was badly damaged by a V1 attack.[1] The station closed in 1957 but trains between Rugby and Peterborough East continued to run until the line itself closed in 1966. The line between Wansford and Peterborough has since been reopened as the Nene Valley Railway, although Castor station itself remains closed.

Former Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
London and North Western Railway
London and North Western Railway
Rugby to Peterborough East
Great Northern Railway
Leicester Belgrave Road to Peterborough North

References

  1. Camus Project (2004) Five Parishes. Their People and Places. A History of the Villages of Castor, Ailsworth, Marholm with Milton, Upton and Sutton, P242


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