Eastrea railway station was a station serving the village of Eastrea, Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...

 on the Great Eastern Railway

Great Eastern Railway

The Great Eastern Railway was a pre-grouping British railway company, whose main line linked London Liverpool Street to Norwich and which had other lines through East Anglia...

's line from Ely

Ely railway station

Ely railway station serves the city of Ely in Cambridgeshire, England. The station lies on the Fen Line from Cambridge to King's Lynn, which is electrified at 25 kV AC overhead...

 to Peterborough

Peterborough East railway station

Peterborough East was a railway station in Peterborough, England. It was opened on 2 June 1845 and closed to passenger traffic on 6 June 1966. Located on Station Road just off Town Bridge, only the engine sheds and one platform remain extant today...

. The station was situated at the level crossing on the road leading south from the village towards Benwick

Benwick

Benwick is a village and civil parish in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, England. It is approximately from Peterborough and from Cambridge...

. Two miles east of the station was Three Horseshoes junction from where the Benwick goods railway headed south to Benwick

Benwick

Benwick is a village and civil parish in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, England. It is approximately from Peterborough and from Cambridge...

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Summary of services

Sample train timetable for February 1863

The table below shows the train departures from Eastrea on weekdays in February 1863. There was no Sunday service. Eastrea was a request stop. Passengers wishing to alight had to inform the guard at the previous station and those wishing to join had to signal to the driver as the train approached.

Departure	Going to	Calling at	Arrival	Operator
07.22	Ely	March, Stonea, Manea, Black Bank, Chittisham, Ely	08.25	GER
09.55 Sat only	Peterborough East Peterborough East railway station Peterborough East was a railway station in Peterborough, England. It was opened on 2 June 1845 and closed to passenger traffic on 6 June 1966. Located on Station Road just off Town Bridge, only the engine sheds and one platform remain extant today...	Whittlesea, Peterborough East	10.15	GER
11.57	Peterborough East	Whittlesea, Peterborough East	12.20	GER
15.15	Cambridge	March, Stonea, Manea, Black Bank, Ely, Waterbeach, Cambridge	16.45	GER
17.00	Ely	March, Stonea, Manea, Black Bank, Chittisham, Ely	17.58	GER
19.20	Peterborough East	Whittlesea, Peterborough East	19.40	GER