Eye Green railway station

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

Eye Green
General information
Location	Eye, City of Peterborough England
Coordinates	52.6122°N 0.1852°W / 52.6122; -0.1852
Grid reference	TF230031
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Peterborough, Wisbech and Sutton Bridge Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Post-grouping	Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Key dates
1 August 1866 (1866-08-01)	Station opened as Eye
1 October 1875	Renamed Eye Green
2 December 1957 (1957-12-02)	Station closed[1]

The site of Eye Green station in 2022. Now occupied by a bypass, housing and services.

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.^[2] 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.^[2] 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.

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. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 177. OCLC 931112387.
2. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 93. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

External links

• Eye Green station on navigable 1946 O. S. map