Uffington and Barnack railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Uffington and Barnack
gridref = TF072065


caption = The station house and level crossing in 2006.
manager = Midland Railway
owner = London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
locale = Uffington and Pilsgate
borough = Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
platforms = 2
years = 2 October 1846
events = Opened (Uffington)
years1 = 1 February 1858
events1 = Renamed (Uffington and Barnack)
years2 = 1 September 1952
events2 = Closed [Butt, R.V.J. (1995). "The Directory of Railway Stations", Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 237.]

Uffington and Barnack was a railway station in Cambridgeshire serving the villages of Uffington, Barnack and Bainton. [British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer.]

History

The station was on the Midland Railway's line from Peterborough to Leicester and was situated to the east of a the level crossing on the road between Uffington and Barnack. It opened in 1846 and closed to passengers in 1952 and to goods in 1964.

To the west of the level crossing was a signal box and a single goods siding. The goods yard is now used as a car park by the signalman and sometimes by track maintenance crews. The signal box is still in use and is a block post with the adjacent signal boxes being Peterborough and Ketton, Stamford signal box having been abolished in 1983. The level crossing gates are opened and closed by hand.

Between 1867 and 1929, Barnack was also served by the Barnack station on the Great Northern Railway line between Stamford East and Wansford. The station was more conveniently sited, but Uffington & Barnack provided the more useful services.

There was also at one time a station on the Midland line at Bainton, called Bainton Gate, but this closed as long ago as 1856, since when Bainton villagers have had to use Uffington & Barnack station, which could be accessed by road via Barnack, or if on foot, by a shorter route directly across the fields.

The station house has survived and is now a private house.

ummary of former services

Sample train timetable for July 1922

The table below shows the train departures from Uffington & Barnack station on weekdays in July 1922. [Bradshaw's General Railway and Steam Navigation Guide, July 1922]

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