[Source: Darren Kitson]

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1975 - March 2011



Looking south-west along the up platform in 1975. The angle and colour photography presents a rather more pleasant scene as the former down platform is transformed into a sort of rock garden. The down platform presumably does not form part of the property with the owner of the house still having to cross the 'live' line to reach it.
Photo by David Burrows from his Flickr photostream


Barnwell Junction station seen from Newmarket Road bridge in May 1976. The three van bodies can be seen but the Pullman car ‘Montana’ is hiding behind them and is not visible. The BR 'Cambridge 1 mile' sign has now found its way to the south end of the up platform, having previously been lying at the north end. The permanent way hut appears to be in use by, well, permanent way men!
Photo by David Burrows from his Flickr photostream
In May 1976 the waiting room on the former down platform has been nicely renovated, at least externally, perhaps for use as a summer house. The lamp over the door is thought to be original but it is not clear if it was still gas or had been converted to electricity. Fencing occupies the site of the former signal box and nature is very much taking over the platform.
Photo by David Burrows from his Flickr photostream



A view of the up platform from the former down platform in May 1976. Evidence of the remains of the signal box can be seen, including its nameboard. The extension to the station house has been neatly done beneath the canopy, while the fabric of the station has been preserved. The fluorescent lighting beneath the canopy is a post-closure addition. Lurking in the darkness on the left is a BR totem.
Photo by David Burrows from his Flickr photostream
Condemned vans are seen at the north end of the up platform at Barnwell Junction in this view looking south-west in May 1977.
Photo by Alan Young


Up platform at Barnwell Junction in 1978. One of the original BR totems is still in place. The building has been painted and electric lighting fitted below the canopy post-closure. Double doors from ticket office to platform are thought to be replacements.
Photo by Ian Dinmore
On 24 October 1981 a railtour stands at Barnwell Junction having just visited the oil terminal. The train is Metro-Cammell DMU E50151 / E59076 / E50261. The tour, the ‘Mid-Anglia Rambler’, was organised by the Fakenham & Dereham Railway Society and visited a number of lines, mainly in Suffolk, including Griffin Wharf (Ipswich), Felixstowe Beach and Leiston.
Photo by Chris Turnbull


The well-maintained gate at the top of the station approach road in February 2011. The station building can be seen in the background,
Photo by Tiger reproduced from Geograph under creative commons licence

Looking north from Newmarket Road bridge in March 2011. The scene is now almost unrecognisable; the surviving section of the Mildenhall branch disappears through recently installed gates and into the undergrowth. Still visible, just left of centre, is the waiting room on Barnwell Junction's former down platform while in the distance the footbridge and the bridge over the river can be made out. The line north of Cambridge was electrified in 1992.
Photo from Derelict Cambridge web site, reproduced under creative commons licence

Gates to the oil terminal, looking towards Fen Ditton Halt in March 2011. The track ending at buffer-stops on the right was once part of the trap siding for the maltings while the track on the left was the Mildenhall branch-proper, but some realignment had occurred as the trap siding was originally a little more to the right. The maltings itself was to the right but along a spur which turned away to run in a south-easterly direction. Beyond the gates the track continues for a further 100yd before ending at buffer-stops. Beyond that a further short section of track remains in situ but disconnected. Thereafter the trackbed is part footpath and part encroached upon by building until the site of Fen Ditton Halt. The notice on the left is illegible but probably gives instructions to train crew.
Photo from Derelict Cambridge web site, reproduced under creative commons licence
This aerial view of Barnwell Junction is difficult to date as trees hide certain features. For example, it is impossible to tell if the Pullman car is still present. East of the station (towards the bottom if the image) some single-storey structures have appeared and are probably kennels. The track appearing through the gaps in the trees is the main line and, above it, the former goods yard and brickworks site is being taken over by other industries.




 

 

 

[Source: Darren Kitson]


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