Barnwell Junction Station Platform Building

History of Barnwell Junction Station

Barnwell Station was opened in 1884 and closed completely in 1966. The station building is now a private residence.

It was not actually a junction station and only served the Mildenhall branch line.

See: http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/barnwell_junction/

Marie Clark recalls in ‘Memories of Abbey and East Barnwell’ p.9:

I can well remember the excitement when catching a train at Barnwell Junction to go for the day to Hunstanton. If the excursion train was not stopping at Barnwell we had to walk all the way to Cambridge Station.

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29 January 1901
Few spots in and around Cambridge have become more notorious for the number of fatalities which they yield than the vicinity of Barnwell Junction and the stretch of line between that point and the level crossing on the Chesterton side of the railway bridge which spans the Cam. And probably nothing has ever surpassed in ghastliness the gruesome discovery made there during the early hours of Tuesday morning. The unfortunate victim was a telegraph linesman.

Credit: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge Chesterton Scrapbook, reference 1901 01 29.

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