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− | + | Manned station on the <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;"> Peterborough-Quorn Line </span> up to November 1930 when all staff were withdrawn.<br> | |
− | Passing/goods and station loops with a goods siding and loco watering facility.<br> | + | 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> |
− | '''Hammond''' was originally planned to be the commercial centre for the region | + | '''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. Today the ghost town status of '''Hammond''' has not changed. Two former railway workers cottages still survive. | ||
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