Ramsey North railway station

Ramsey North railway station was a railway station in Ramsey, Cambridgeshire which is now closed. It was the terminus of a branch line from Holme on the East Coast main line run by the Great Northern Railway.

This article is about the former railway station in Cambridgeshire, England on the branch from Holme. For other railway stations named Ramsey, see Ramsey railway station (disambiguation).

Ramsey North
Ramsey (North) railway station, June 1973
LocationRamsey, Huntingdonshire
England
Grid referenceTL283857
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyRamsey Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Northern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
22 July 1863Opened as Ramsey
1 July 1923Renamed Ramsey North
6 October 1947Closed for passengers
December 1973closed for freight

History
The site of Ramsey (North) railway station

The station opened on 22 July 1863,[1] as the terminus of the Ramsey Railway, a branch line from Holme on the Great Northern Railway (GNR). The trains were worked by the GNR.[2]

The Ramsey Railway was acquired by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) in 1875, who planned to link it to another line that had been authorised in 1865 to run from Somersham to Ramsey. Although the latter was eventually built, opening in 1889, the two lines were never connected, and the Somersham line terminated at a different station, latterly known as Ramsey East. The branch from Holme remained physically isolated from the rest of the GER system, and so the GER leased it to the GNR which continued to work it.[3]

On 1 January 1923 the GNR and the GER became constituents of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), which found itself with two stations in Ramsey; they were given new names on 1 July 1923, the ex-Ramsey Railway station becoming Ramsey North.[1]

The station closed to passengers on 6 October 1947[1] and to freight in December 1973.[3] Ramsey Auction Rooms now occupy the former site.

Route
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
St. Mary's
Line and station closed		   Great Northern Railway
Ramsey branch		   Terminus

References
  1. Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 194. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  2. Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. pp. 157–8. CN 8983.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  3. Awdry 1990, p. 158


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