Eye Green railway station

Eye Green railway station was a station in Eye, Cambridgeshire, on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line between Peterborough and Wisbech. The station was opened by the Peterborough, Wisbech and Sutton Bridge Railway (PW&SBR) on 1 August 1866 and was originally named "Eye"; it was renamed "Eye Green" on 1 October 1875.[1] The PW&SBR became part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway. It later came under the control of British Railways and was closed on 2 December 1957.[1] The station's name as given in some timetables "Eye Green for Crowland" was misleading, since a passenger would have a three-mile walk to Crowland.

For other similarly named former stations, see Eye railway station and Berrington and Eye railway station.

Eye Green
LocationEye, City of Peterborough
England
Coordinates52.6122°N 0.1852°W / 52.6122; -0.1852
Grid referenceTF230031
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyPeterborough, Wisbech and Sutton Bridge Railway
Pre-groupingMidland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Post-groupingMidland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Key dates
1 August 1866 (1866-08-01)Station opened as Eye
1 October 1875Renamed Eye Green
2 December 1957 (1957-12-02)Station closed

The station was adjacent to the Northam works of the London Brick Company. There was a busy siding where bricks were hand loaded onto trucks - before the days of palletisation.

There were through trains to Hunstanton, via King's Lynn.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Peterborough North
Line closed, station open		   Midland and Great Northern
Peterborough Line		   Thorney
Line and station closed

References
  1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 93. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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