Swavesey railway station

Swavesey railway station was a station in Swavesey, Cambridgeshire on the line between Cambridge and St Ives which was closed for passenger services in 1970.[1][2] The station remained derelict until it was demolished in 2007 for construction of the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway service which utilises the trackbed of the old railway.

Swavesey
Swavesey guided bus stop
General information
LocationSwavesey, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire
England
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingGreat Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
British Railways
Key dates
19 August 1847Opened
5 October 1970Closed

References

  1. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 413. OCLC 931112387.
  2. Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. 225. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
St Ives   Great Eastern Railway
Cambridge & St. Ives Branch
  Long Stanton

52.3063°N 0.0004°W / 52.3063; -0.0004


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