End of the Line for Histon Station

David A. Charlesworth Railway Photo Gallery

6th April 2007

Update May 2009

After the guideway was laid work moved on to other areas. However construction has now restarted on the Histon bus stop/platforms.

There was some testing of the new buses over the Easter period bewtween the CRC Jt and Gatehouse Road Jt. But I didn't manage to get any photo's.

INTRODUCTION

The old railway line between St Ives and Cambridge is converted by the County Council to the ill-conceived Guided Busway.

Even though the passenger service was withdrawn in 1970 Histon Station has remained very intact.

Despite widespread spread opposition locally to the Guided busway the County Council are pushing on regardless.

The Station Buildings date from the opening of the line in 1847 and although there are other surviving buildings at the other stations such as Oakington and Longstanton, Histon is by far the best preserved.

If you have any photo's of Histon I would like to see them

08.04.07 View on the main Station Building taken from the Cambridge side of the level crossing. The crossing gates on this side were lost about two years ago when a lorry backed into them 2592x1944	08.04.07 View of the Crossing Keepers Hut from the Level Crossing 2592x1944	08.04.07 View of the Crossing Keepers Hut 2592x1944
08.04.07 View of the Crossing Keeprs Hut taken from the Cambridge platform 2592x1944	08.04.07 Inside the Crossing Keepers Hut. Taken through a broken window 2592x1944	08.04.07 View towards Cambridge across the crossing 2592x1944
08.04.07 View from the crossing towards St Ives 2592x1944	08.04.07 View of the back of the Station Masters House 2592x1944	08.04.07 Another view of the Station Masters House 2592x1944
08.04.07 The old ticket office window 2592x1944	08.04.07 View of the Station Building and Wating Shelter 2592x1944	08.04.07 View of Wating Shelter 2592x1944
08.04.07 Another view through anthoer broken window 2592x1944	08.04.07 More railing that have survived 2592x1944	08.04.07 Behind the wating shelter 2592x1944
08.04.07 View of the Wating Shelter 2592x1944	08.04.07 View towards Cambridge from far end of the Cambridge Platform 2592x1944	08.04.07 View towards St Ives. The Signal Box stood to the left of this shot 2592x1944
08.04.07 View of the Station Building from the other platform 2592x1944	08.04.07 The signal box id long gone, This is all I could find of the signalling hardware 2592x1944	08.04.07 Track Level view if the station buildings 2592x1944
08.04.07 View of the platform edging 2592x1944	08.04.07 Close up of the Station Buildingd 2592x1944	08.04.07 Old Relay Box 2592x1944