Wryde railway station was a station serving Wryde, Cambridgeshire on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway between Wisbech and Peterborough. Originally built by the

Peterborough, Wisbech and Sutton Bridge Railway The Eastern and Midlands Railway was formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of several small railways in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Norfolk, England, including the Yarmouth and North Norfolk Railway, the Lynn and Fakenham Railw ...

, it was opened for goods traffic on 1 June 1866 and for passengers on 1 August of the same year. There was no passing loop at this station until 1906 when one was installed as part of the general upgrading of the line made to improve the King's Cross, Peterborough, Sheringham and services run in collaboration with the Great Northern Railway. Passenger services were withdrawn on 2 December 1957, but goods trains travelling between Murrow and the brickworks at Dogsthorpe, near Peterborough, continued to pass through the station until 31 October 1965.

References

* ''The Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway'' by A.J. Wrottesley. Published by David & Charles. Newton Abbot 1970

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Wryde station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
Disused railway stations in Cambridgeshire Former Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1866 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1957 1866 establishments in England 1957 disestablishments in England {{EastEngland-railstation-stub