Emneth railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Emneth
gridref = TF500091


caption = Former station building in 2006.
manager = East Anglian Railway
Great Eastern Railway
owner = London and North Eastern Railway
Eastern Region of British Railways
locale = Emneth Hungate
borough = Fenland, Cambridgeshire
platforms = ?
years = 1 March 1848
events = Opened
years2 = 9 September 1968
events2 = Closed [Butt, R.V.J. (1995). "The Directory of Railway Stations", Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 91.]

Emneth was a railway station which served the village of Emneth Hungate near Wisbech in Norfolk, England. The station was opened in 1848 as an extension of the East Anglian Railway's line from Magdalen Road station (now known as Watlington) to Wisbech East. The station's location, like that of the neighbouring Middle Drove station, was fairly rural and the line eventually closed in 1968, a casualty of the Beeching Axe. [Cite book | author=Oppitz, Leslie | authorlink= | coauthors= | title=Lost Railways of East Anglia (Lost Railways) | date=1999 | publisher=Countryside Books | location=Newbury, Berkshire | isbn=1-85306-595-1 | pages=p. 19] In October 1942, a hoard of Roman silver coins together with fragments of an urn in which they were stored was found near the station. [ [http://www.jstor.org/pss/298046 The Journal of Roman Studies, "Roman Britain in 1945: I. Sites Explored: II. Inscriptions", Vol. 36, Parts 1 and 2 (1946), pp. 133-148.] ] Emneth's station building survived closure, and has since been converted into a private residence.

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