Abbots Ripton railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Abbots Ripton


caption =
locale = Huntingdon
borough = Cambridgeshire
line = Great Northern Railway
manager = Great Northern Railway
owner = London and North Eastern Railway
platforms = ?
latitude =
longitude =
gridref =
years = November 1 1885
events = Station opens as Abbotts Ripton
years1 = January 21 1876
events1 = Abbots Ripton rail disaster
years2 = ? 1938
events2 = Station renamed Abbots Ripton
years3 = September 15 1958
events3 = Station closes

Abbots Ripton railway station was a railway station on the East Coast Main Line in the English county of Cambridgeshire. Although trains still pass on the now electrified railway the station closed in 1958.

Opened by the Great Northern Railway as Abbotts Ripton it became part of the London and North Eastern Railwayduring the Grouping of 1923. Renamed Abbots Ripton, the station then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, and was closed by the British Transport Commission ten years later.

Abbots Ripton rail disaster

This occurred at the station on 21 January1876, when the Flying Scotsman express train from Edinburgh to London was involved in a double collision during a blizzard. There were thirteen fatalities, and 53 passengers and 6 traincrew members were injured.

Report of the Court of Enquiry [http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/BoT_AbbottsRipton1876.pdf]

References

*cite book|author=R.V.J.Butt, |title= The Directory of Railway Stations |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |year=1995 ISBN 1 85260 508 1

*cite book|author=A. Jowett, |title= Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas |publisher=Atlantic Publishing |year=2000 ISBN 0 906899 99 0

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