| Abbots Ripton | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Place | Abbots Ripton |
| Area | Huntingdonshire |
| Grid reference | Template:Gbmapscaled |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Great Northern Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Northern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Platforms | ? |
| History | |
| 1 November 1885 | Station opens as Abbotts Ripton |
| 21 January 1876 | Abbots Ripton rail disaster |
| ? 1938 | Station renamed Abbots Ripton |
| 15 September 1958 | Station closes |
| 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 | |
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Abbots Ripton railway station was a railway station on the East Coast Main Line in the English county of Cambridgeshire. Although trains still pass on the now electrified railway the station closed in 1958.
History[]
The station was opened by the Great Northern Railway (GNR) on 1 November 1885 as Abbotts Ripton.includeonly>[1] The GNR became part of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) during the Grouping on 1 January 1923. Renamed Abbots Ripton in 1938,includeonly>[1] the station then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, and was closed by the British Transport Commission on 15 September 1958.includeonly>[1]
Abbots Ripton rail disaster[]
An accident occurred at the station on 21 January 1876, when the southbound Flying Scotsman express train from Edinburgh to London was involved in a double collision during a blizzard. Heavy snow had frozen around the semaphore signal arms, causing them to stick in the "clear" position, as a result of which the driver of the express was not warned of the presence of a coal train which was backing from the main line into a siding. A collision occurred, and not long after, a northbound express from London to Leeds ran into the wreckage. There were thirteen fatalities, and 53 passengers and 6 traincrew members were injured.includeonly>[2]includeonly>[3]includeonly>[4]
Routes[]
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| style="border-top:solid 1px gray; "| Huntingdon
Line and station open
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| style="text-align: center; border-top:solid 1px gray; "|Great Northern Railway
East Coast Main Line
| style="background:#00A550;border-top:solid 1px gray; " |
| style="border-top:solid 1px gray; "|Holme
Line open, station closed
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Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Butt 1995, p. 11.
- ↑ Tyler 1876.
- ↑ Rolt & Kichenside 1982, pp. 114–120.
- ↑ Kichenside 1997, pp. 183–186.
References[]
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. R508. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
- A. Jowett, (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.
- Kichenside, Geoffrey (1997). Great Train Disasters. Avonmouth: Parragon. ISBN 0-7525-2229-9.
- [1955] (1982) Red for Danger, 4th, Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-8362-0.
- Tyler, H.W. (23 February 1876). The Report of the Court of Enquiry - Double Collision on the Great Northern Railway which occurred at Abbotts Ripton on the 21st January 1876 (PDF). Retrieved on 26 May 2008.
External links[]
Coordinates: 52°23′35″N 0°12′20″W / Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".
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