Wansford Road railway station

Wansford Road
The site of the station in April 2024
General information
Location	Wansford, City of Peterborough England
Grid reference	TL089997
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1867	Opened
1929	Closed
2022	Plans and funding to relocate the building to Nene Valley Railway
April 2024	Beginning of the building relocation
Location

Wansford Road railway station was located in Northamptonshire serving the village of Wansford. It was some distance east of the village on the A47 road, although still nearer than the more important Wansford station of the London & North Western Railway. The station was built in 1867.^[1]

Wansford Road station was on the Stamford and Essendine Railway line from Stamford to Wansford line which never really recovered from the 1926 general strike, and the whole line closed in 1929. The station building survived as a private residence.^[2]

When National Highways drew up plans to duplicate the A47 road, the station building lay in its path. In 2022 agreement was reached for the building to be dismantled and re-erected as the terminus of the Nene Valley Railway.^[2][3] The project will require an estimated £200,000 from the National Highways.^[1]

In April 2024 relocation work began with A47 access gate removed and buildings dismantled.^[4]

View of the station buildings

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  The site of the station in 2019
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  View of the main building in 2024
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  Platform view in 2024
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  Platform entrance/exit seen through metal guards in 2024
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  Gatepost on the access road from A47

References

52°35′01″N 0°23′36″W / 52.5836°N 0.3934°W / 52.5836; -0.3934