Upto 1930 Hammond was a manned station on the Peterborough-Quorn Line . Staff were withdrawn in November 1930.
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 with a proposed connection to the Wilmington Line but the population growth never reached the required level. By the time the line was closed in 1987, Hammond was almost a ghost town.
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