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Peterborough East was a railway station in Peterborough, England. It was opened on 2 June 1845 and closed to passenger traffic on 6 June 1966.〔(Disused Stations: Peterborough East )〕 Located on Station Road just off Town Bridge, only the engine sheds and one platform remain. The station had services running west to Northampton and Rugby, as well as to the east to March, Wisbech, and Norwich. == Opening == Opened on 2 June 1845, Peterborough East was the first station in Peterborough built by the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR). In 1862 the Eastern Counties Railway became part of the Great Eastern Railway and the station appeared on timetables as "Peterborough (GE)". From 1 July 1923 until its closure it was known as Peterborough East. The station was designed as the eastern terminus of the London and Birmingham Railway's Northampton and Peterborough Railway and a site was chosen on the south side of the River Nene in the parish of Fletton in the county of Huntingdonshire. However, in 1845, by the time the line had actually reached the town, the station's construction works were still continuing apace and the Illustrated London News reported that it was still in "a very unfinished state". Nevertheless, once the station did open, it became apparent that its facilities – one platform serving Up and Down trains – were inadequate to handle the traffic on the Northampton line which had proved to be far heavier than had been expected. Only two months after the line's opening, traffic was reported to be more than half the amount originally estimated and the decision was therefore taken to double the line and enlarge the station. In December 1846 the enlargements were undertaken: refreshment rooms were added, ancres of roofing announced its royal agency, as was a larger goods warehouse and still larger engine houses. These additions were certainly necessary as, from January 1847, with the opening of the Ely to Peterborough Line, the station ceased to be a terminus. Furthermore, the following year the Midland Railway opened its Syston and Peterborough Railway which initially terminated at the East station. The station's facilities were described in an 1849 local directory as follows: It therefore appears that by this time the station had acquired an island platform, which in fact was split in two by a wagon line. This wagon line and two others at either end of the platform continued south into a large four-road covered way which was an unusual feature of the station. The covered way did not have platforms and was probably used for the transfer of goods. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peterborough East railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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