The Ramsey East Branch

The Ramsey High Street (later Ramsey East) branch in Huntingdonshire was a relative latecomer. After the opening of the Ramsey Railway to connect with the Great Northern Railway main line at Holme in 1863, many abortive attempts were made to continue to the Great Eastern Railway St Ives to March Line. The Ramsey and Somersham Junction Railway was promoted and financed by local businessmen but it required four Acts of Parliament and fourteen years before the seven mile line was opened linking Ramsey to Somersham via Warboys. Failure to connect with the branch from Holme sealed the new line's fate. The line became the only branch of the Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway in 1897 and initially enjoyed reasonable. By the 1920s buses had started to compete and passenger service was withdrawn in 1930. Ramsey East closed for goods in 1956. The eastern end of the branch was then reduced to the status of a long siding before closure in 1964.