Histon railway station

Histon was the name of a railway station in Impington, Cambridgeshire[1] on the Cambridge–St Ives branch of the Great Eastern Railway. The station was closed as part of the Beeching Axe in 1970;[2] but the line through the station remained open for freight trains until the early 1992.[2] The station site was partially demolished, with the platforms and a small building on the down side being removed and the canopy severely truncated during the construction of the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway but the station building was saved from being demolished; a car park was planned to be built on the site of the demolished station building.[3]

Histon
Histon railway station, circa 2010
Location
PlaceHiston
AreaSouth Cambridgeshire
Coordinates52.2423°N 0.1103°E / 52.2423; 0.1103
Operations
Pre-groupingGreat Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
British Railways
Platforms2
History
17 August 1847Opened
5 October 1970Closed
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–Z
  • Histon railway station in 2005

References and notes
  1. Impington is the name given to the southern and eastern parts of the wider conurbation of 'Histon & Impington'.
  2. Catford, Nick. "Disused Stations: Histon Station". Disused Stations. Subterranea Britannica. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  3. Dunn, Owen (2005). "Histon". British Railway Stations. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
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Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Oakington   Great Eastern Railway
Cambridge & St. Ives Branch		   Cambridge


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