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Buckden railway station

Coordinates: 52°18′22″N 0°14′09″W / 52.3062°N 0.2359°W / 52.3062; -0.2359
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Buckden
The station in 1961
General information
LocationBuckden, Huntingdonshire
England
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMidland Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 Mar 1866[1]Opened as Brampton
1 Feb 1868Renamed Buckden
15 Jun 1959Closed[2]

Buckden railway station was a railway station in Buckden, Cambridgeshire. The station and its line closed in year 1959. The signal box is now preserved and in use as Tunbridge Wells West signal box on the Spa Valley Railway.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Grafham   Midland Railway
Kettering to Huntingdon Line
  Huntingdon East

References

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  1. ^ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  2. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 102. OCLC 931112387.
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Remains of the station in 1990

52°18′22″N 0°14′09″W / 52.3062°N 0.2359°W / 52.3062; -0.2359