Lord's Bridge | |
|---|---|
 Lord's Bridge station in March 2009 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Harlton, South Cambridgeshire England |
| Grid reference | TL395544 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Bedford and Cambridge Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways (1948-1958) Eastern Region of British Railways (1958-1968) |
| Key dates | |
| 1 August 1862 | Opened |
| 13 July 1964[1] | Closed to goods |
| 1 January 1968[2] | Closed to passengers |
Lord's Bridge was a railway station on the Varsity Line which ran between Oxford and Cambridge. Situated in the north of the parish of Harlton on the western outskirts of Cambridge, it was the penultimate station before the line's eastern terminus at Cambridge. The station opened in 1862 and closed more than a century later in 1968. The site is now part of the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, which includes several rail-mounted radio-telescopes.
- ^ Clinker, C.R. (October 1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830-1977. Bristol: Avon-AngliA Publications & Services. p. 89. ISBN 0-905466-19-5.
- ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 149.