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Stretham
Station building
General information
Location	Stretham, East Cambridgeshire England
Coordinates	52°21′51″N 0°13′26″E / 52.3642°N 0.2238°E / 52.3642; 0.2238
Grid reference	TL514763
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Ely, Haddenham and Sutton Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
16 April 1866	Opened
2 February 1931	Closed to passengers
13 July 1964	Closed

Stretham railway station was a station in Stretham, Cambridgeshire on the Ely and St Ives Railway.

History

The railway line between Ely and Sutton was built by the Ely, Haddenham and Sutton Railway (EH&SR). It opened on 16 April 1866, and one of the original stations was that at Stretham. The EH&SR became the Ely and St Ives Railway in 1878 and was absorbed by the Great Eastern Railway in 1898. Regular passenger trains ceased to call at Stretham on 2 February 1931, but occasional passenger excursion trains used the station until around 1956. It was closed to goods on 13 July 1964.

The station featured a single platform, a signal box and a goods loop.

Notes

1. Awdry 1990, p. 131
2. ^ Butt 1995, p. 223
3. Awdry 1990, pp. 130–1

Sources

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. CN 8983.
• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
• Joby, R.S. The Ely & St Ives Railway. Norwich: Klofron.

External links

• Stretham station on navigable 1946 O. S. map

• Disused railway stations in Cambridgeshire
• Former Great Eastern Railway stations
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1866
• Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1931
• 1866 establishments in England