Eastrea railway station

Eastrea
Location
Place	Eastrea
Area	Fenland
Grid reference	TL298965
Operations
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	Closed
Platforms	2
History
2 June 1845	Opened
1866	Closed
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Eastrea railway station was a station serving the village of Eastrea, Cambridgeshire on the Great Eastern Railway's line from Ely to Peterborough. The station was situated at the level crossing on the road leading south from the village towards Benwick. Two miles east of the station was Three Horseshoes junction from where the Benwick goods railway headed south to Benwick. This station was only temporary and served while near by Whittlesea railway station was getting refurbished and rebuilt. It was going to be built in nearby Turves (Three Horseshoes Junction) where a branch line went to Benwick and this Station was going to be permanent with passenger train services serving from there to Benwick as the curve round towards Benwick was too sharp for passenger trains. These services would terminate at Turves with connecting services to and from Peterborough (east) and March.

Summary of services

Sample train timetable for February 1863

The table below shows the train departures from Eastrea on weekdays in February 1863. There was no Sunday service. Eastrea was a request stop. Passengers wishing to alight had to inform the guard at the previous station and those wishing to join had to signal to the driver as the train approached.^[1]

References

Coordinates: 52°33′03″N 0°05′06″W / 52.5509°N 0.0849°W / 52.5509; -0.0849