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Watlington

CRS Code WTG
Collected date 26/04/05

Watlington sign, signal box, and level crossing

Watlington is on the Fen Line between Cambridge and King's Lynn. It was opened in 1848 with the rest of the line to King's Lynn. I visited it on a showery April evening in 2005.

The station was originally known as Magdalen Road, and the signal box still is:

Watlington, looking north at Magdalen Road signalbox

Looking south along platform 1:

Watlington platform 1

The northbound platform 2:

Watlington platform 2

Opposite platform 2 are old station buildings, now in private hands:

Watlington station building Watlington station buildings

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