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+ | <span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Distance from Peterborough: </span> 95¾ kms, 59½ miles</span><br> | ||
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Unmanned station on the <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;"> Peterborough-Quorn Line </span>.<br> | Unmanned station on the <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;"> Peterborough-Quorn Line </span>.<br> | ||
− | Station (on main line) with goods loops and a stockyard siding. | + | Station (on main line) with goods loops and a stockyard siding.<br> |
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+ | Like '''Hammond''', '''Bruce''' was originally intended for a far greater future. It was a prime candidate for a branch line extension to the '''Wilmington''' line and plans for a large engine shed were drawn up. But none of these plans were realised.<br> | ||
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+ | The line from '''Eurelia''' to '''Quorn''' was closed in 1987 but the track from '''Quorn''' to the southern ('''Peterborough''') end of the '''Bruce''' yard is still in place.<br> | ||
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+ | The station building, which was in ruins in the 1960s, has been fully restored as a private residence. | ||
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