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Chettisham Location Place Chettisham Area East Cambridgeshire Coordinates 52°25′37″N 0°16′42″E / 52.4269°N 0.2782°ECoordinates: 52°25′37″N 0°16′42″E / 52.4269°N 0.2782°E Grid reference TL550834 Operations Original company Eastern Counties Railway Pre-grouping Great Eastern Railway Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway History 14 January 1847 Opened as Chittisham 1 August 1901 Renamed Chettisham 13 June 1960 Closed Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–ZChettisham railway station is a former railway station in Chettisham, Cambridgeshire. It was on the Great Eastern Railway route between Ely and March.[1] Although the station closed in 1960, the line is still in use.
History
The Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) opened their line from Ely to March and Peterborough on 14 January 1847.[2] The ECR was amalgamated with other railways in 1862 to form the Great Eastern Railway.[3] The station was originally named Chittisham; it was renamed Chettisham on 1 August 1901.[4]
The station closed on 13 June 1960.[4]
Preceding station Historical railways Following station Black Bank
Line open, station closedGreat Eastern Railway Ely
Line and station openReferences
External links
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 · IslehamEly and St Ives Railway Stour Valley Railway Varsity Line Cambridge and Huntingdon railway March to Wisbech Leicester to Peterborough Gt Northern & Gt Eastern Jt Railway Murrow West · Guyhirne · Wimblington · Chatteris · Somersham · Warboys · Ramsey East · Godmanchester · Huntingdon EastStamford to Wansford Ely to Peterborough Line M&GN (Peterborough branch) Kettering to Huntingdon line Kimbolton · Grafham · BuckdenHolme to Ramsey North Benwick goods railway Quakers Drove · West Fen Drove · Burnt House · Whittlesey Dyke · Jones Drove · White Fen · BenwickIpswich to Ely Line and
Newmarket and Chesterford RailwaySoham · Six Mile Bottom · Fulbourn · Cherryhinton · Balsham Road · Abington · Bourne BridgeOther lines Abbots Ripton · Castor · Elton · Fletton · Harston · Offord and Buckden · Orton Waterville · Peakirk · Prickwillow · Yaxley & FarcetCategories:- Disused railway stations in Cambridgeshire
- Former Great Eastern Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1847
- Railway stations closed in 1960
- East of England railway station stubs
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