Histon railway station
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Histon was the name of a railway station in Impington, Cambridgeshire
on the Cambridge–St Ives branch of the Great Eastern Railway
. The station was closed as part of the Beeching Axe
in 1970; the line through the station remained open until the early 1990s. The station was partially demolished to aid in the construction of the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
but the station building was saved from being demolished; a car park was planned to be built on the site of the demolished station building.
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 Cambridge–St Ives branch of 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...
. The station was closed as part of the Beeching Axe
Beeching Axe
The Beeching Axe or the Beeching Cuts are informal names for the British Government's attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running British Railways, the nationalised railway system in the United Kingdom. The name is that of the main author of The Reshaping of British Railways, Dr Richard...
in 1970; the line through the station remained open until the early 1990s. The station was partially demolished to aid in the construction of the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
The Cambridgeshire Guided Busway , branded the busway , is a public transport scheme connecting the population centres of Cambridge, Huntingdon and St Ives in the English county of Cambridgeshire...
but the station building was saved from being demolished; a car park was planned to be built on the site of the demolished station building.