Yaxley and Farcet railway station

Yaxley and Farcet
Station site in 1992.
Location
Place	Yaxley
Area	Huntingdonshire
Grid reference	TL194930
Operations
Original company	Great Northern Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	2
History
19 May 1890 (1890-05-19)	Opened as Yaxley
July 1895	Renamed Yaxley and Farcet
6 April 1959	Closed
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Yaxley and Farcet railway station is a former station in Yaxley, Cambridgeshire, just south of Peterborough.^[1]

History

The station was opened by the Great Northern Railway on 19 May 1890, originally being named Yaxley; just over five years later, in July 1895, it was renamed Yaxley and Farcet.^[2]

The station was closed on 6 April 1959.^[2]

Route

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Holme Line open, station closed		Great Northern Railway East Coast Main Line		Peterborough North Line and station open

References

↑ British Railways Atlas 1947. p.11
1 2 Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 256. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

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Coordinates: 52°31′18″N 0°14′30″W / 52.5217°N 0.2416°W / 52.5217; -0.2416

Closed railway stations in Cambridgeshire

Cambridge to Mildenhall railway	Barnwell Junction Fen Ditton Halt Quy Bottisham and Lode Swaffham Prior Burwell Exning Road Halt Fordham Isleham

Ely and St Ives Railway	St Ives Bluntisham Earith Bridge Sutton Haddenham Wilburton Stretham

Stour Valley Railway	Pampisford Linton Bartlow

Varsity Line	Gamlingay Old North Road Lord's Bridge

Cambridge and Huntingdon railway	St Ives Swavesey Long Stanton Oakington Histon Chesterton

March to Wisbech	Wisbech East Wisbech East (x2) Coldham

Leicester to Peterborough	Uffington & Barnack Bainton Gate Helpston Walton Peterborough Crescent

Gt Northern & Gt Eastern Jt Railway	Murrow West Guyhirne Wimblington Chatteris Somersham Warboys Ramsey East Godmanchester Huntingdon East

Stamford to Wansford	Barnack Ufford Bridge Wansford Road Sibson

Ely to Peterborough Line	Peterborough East Eastrea Stonea Black Bank Chettisham

M&GN (Peterborough branch)	Eye Green Thorney Wryde Murrow East Wisbech St Mary Wisbech North Ferry

Kettering to Huntingdon line	Kimbolton Grafham Buckden

Holme to Ramsey North	Holme St. Mary's Ramsey North

Benwick goods railway	Quakers Drove West Fen Drove Burnt House Whittlesey Dyke Jones Drove White Fen Benwick

Ipswich to Ely Line and Newmarket and Chesterford Railway	Soham Six Mile Bottom Fulbourn Cherryhinton Balsham Road Abington Bourne Bridge

Other lines	Abbots Ripton Castor Elton Fletton Harston Offord and Buckden Orton Waterville Peakirk Prickwillow Yaxley & Farcet

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