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Unmanned station on the <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;">&nbsp;Peterborough-Quorn&nbsp;Line&nbsp;</span>.<br>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;">&nbsp;Distance from Peterborough:&nbsp;</span> 95&frac34; kms, 59&frac12; miles</span><br>
  
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Passing/goods and station loops with a goods siding and loco watering facility.<br>
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Manned station on the <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;">&nbsp;Peterborough-Quorn&nbsp;Line&nbsp;</span> up to November 1930 when all staff were withdrawn.<br>
  
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'''Hammond''' was originally planned to be the commercial centre for the region but the population growth never reached the needed level. By the time the line was closed in 1986, '''Hammond''' had become a virtual ghost town.
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Passing/goods and station loops with a goods siding and loco watering facility. The original large wooden station building was demolished in 1959 and replaced by an unimpressive iron shed.<br>
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'''Hammond''' was originally planned to be the commercial centre for the region and was one of the sites selected for a proposed connection to the '''Wilmington Line''' but the population growth never reached the required level. By the time the line was closed '''Hammond''' was almost a ghost town.<br>
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The line from '''Eurelia''' to '''Quorn''' was closed in 1987 and most of the track was removed in 2008.<br>
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Today the ghost town status of '''Hammond''' has not changed. Two former railway workers cottages still survive.
 
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Latest revision as of 10:06, 8 September 2022

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Peterborough-Quorn
Moockra		 Location Index
Scenarios
Bruce		 Peterborough-Quorn

Hammond map

 Commodities: 
Passengers
Passengers
Station Label.png		 Goods
Goods
Goods Label.png		      
 Loco Services: 
Water
Water
Goods Label.png		    
 Facilities: 
Loop
Loop
Loop Label.png		      

 Distance from Peterborough:  95¾ kms, 59½ miles

Manned station on the  Peterborough-Quorn Line  up to November 1930 when all staff were withdrawn.

Passing/goods and station loops with a goods siding and loco watering facility. The original large wooden station building was demolished in 1959 and replaced by an unimpressive iron shed.

Hammond was originally planned to be the commercial centre for the region and was one of the sites selected for a proposed connection to the Wilmington Line but the population growth never reached the required level. By the time the line was closed Hammond was almost a ghost town.

The line from Eurelia to Quorn was closed in 1987 and most of the track was removed in 2008.

Today the ghost town status of Hammond has not changed. Two former railway workers cottages still survive.

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Peterborough-Quorn

Peterborough-Quorn Strip Map
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