Potton Station
Potton Station
![Grassed trackbed and glassless canopy, but Potton retains its charm.](http://www.forgottenrelics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image1-429.jpg)
![A name board greets westbound arrivals.](http://www.forgottenrelics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image2-429.jpg)
![Nothing that a glazier and painter couldn't sort out.](http://www.forgottenrelics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image3-429.jpg)
![A gradient indicator steals the limelight from another name board.](http://www.forgottenrelics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image4-426.jpg)
![Disused or not, there is no denying the canopy's elegance.](http://www.forgottenrelics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image5-414.jpg)
![A collection of moth-eaten railway furniture litters the platform.](http://www.forgottenrelics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image6-394.jpg)
![A trolley waits to serve the next arrival.](http://www.forgottenrelics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image7-364.jpg)
![A car tries to penetrate Potton's fine frontage.](http://www.forgottenrelics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image8-310.jpg)
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Time has taken much of the gloss off Potton Station but its platforms and buildings cling vigorously to life.
Built by contractor Joseph Firbank, it boasts yellow gault brick with ornamental dressings in red and blue. The canopy over the westbound platform comprises five bays of iron and – once upon a time – glass.
Potton must have been an aromatic place to work – the station handled large quantities of manure and soot. The town’s first station – on a line from nearby Sandy – closed in 1861, four years after it first welcomed passengers.