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Burwell railway station

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Burwell Station (remains)
Burwell Station (remains)

Burwell railway station was on the Cambridge and Mildenhall branch of the Great Eastern Railway. After the closure of the line, the site of Burwell station was redeveloped, initially as a cardboard factory, and then a few decades later as a housing estate. The names of the streets Station Gate and Railway Close hint at the site's past usage.

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Burwell railway station
Station Gate, East Cambridgeshire

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N 52.2665 ° E 0.325 °
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Station Gate 55
CB25 0BZ East Cambridgeshire
England, United Kingdom
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Burwell Station (remains)
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