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 in 1889 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 returns.
| ISBN: | 9780853614517 |
| Publication date: | 8th November 2018 |
| Author: | P Paye |
| Publisher: | The Oakwood Press an imprint of Stenlake Publishing Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 184 pages |
| Series: | Locomotion Papers |
| Genres: |
Places in old photographs |