Wisbech East railway station
Wisbech East | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Wisbech, Fenland England |
| Coordinates | 52°39′31″N 0°09′32″E / 52.6585°N 0.1590°E |
| Grid reference | TF462088 |
| Platforms | 3 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Eastern Counties Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway Eastern Region of British Railways |
| Key dates | |
| 1 March 1848 | Opened as Wisbeach |
| 4 May 1877 | Renamed Wisbech |
| 27 September 1948 | Renamed Wisbech East |
| 9 September 1968 | Closed |
Wisbech East was a railway station in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. It was opened in 1848 and became part of the Great Eastern Railway network, providing connections to March, Watlington and St Ives, as well as Upwell via the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway. The station closed in 1968 and no trace of it remains today. A freight-only line remains extant as far as a factory based in the station's former goods yard, and a heritage railway based in March is aiming to reinstate services to Wisbech and construct a new station as near as possible to Newbridge Lane crossing.
In June 2009 the Association of Train Operating Companies published a report indicating that the reopening of the line to Wisbech and construction of a new station could be viable, in that the ratio of business, economic and social benefits to costs would be just over £1m.