SAR Bruce
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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> | ||
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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> | 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> | ||
− | 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. The station building | + | 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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