Cambridge - Its Railways and Station[Source:
Darren Kitson]
Introduction It has sometimes been necessary to fully describe a particular aspect of Cambridge station by progressing through several decades and this has been dictated by what photographs are available. An example is engine and goods sheds; this is included in Part 2 covering the Pre Grouping period but it has been necessary to use some photographs from the BR period. Photographs have been a problem due to a lack of subject variety. Photographs of certain early BR diesel locomotive types at Cambridge are scarce although we have been able to use a few. Similarly, photographs of diesel railbuses at Cambridge station have proved elusive as have photographs of diesel-hauled King's Cross outer suburban non-corridor trains at Cambridge, yet they ran to and from Cambridge right up until the late 1970's. Enthusiasts and photographers tended to ignore these trains, instead concentrating on the so-called Cambridge Buffet Express, and this is great shame from the historical point of view as it only tells part of the story. Notwithstanding these problems, an attempt to show the wider Cambridge railway scene has been made and we hope readers will find it interesting and informative. If anybody has any of the elusive pictures mentioned above and which we could use here non commercially we would be very grateful. Finally, line closures, other than the original Newmarket line, are only given brief mentions within the text because these are covered on the main Disused Stations website. The feature is divided into parts covering different periods as follows:
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