Histon railway station

{{short description|Former railway station in Cambridgeshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2018}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Histon

| status = Disused

| image = Histon railway station building 2010.jpg

| caption = Histon railway station, circa 2010

| borough = Histon, South Cambridgeshire

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|52.2423|0.1103|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| platforms = 2

| pregroup = Great Eastern Railway

| postgroup = London and North Eastern Railway
British Railways

| years = 17 August 1847

| events = Opened

| years1 = 5 October 1970

| events1 = Closed

}}

Histon railway station is a disused railway station in Impington, CambridgeshireImpington is the name given to the southern and eastern parts of the wider conurbation of 'Histon & Impington'. on the Cambridge–St Ives branch of the Great Eastern Railway. The station was closed as part of the Beeching Axe in 1970;{{Cite web|url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/h/histon/index.shtml|title=Disused Stations: Histon Station|last=Catford|first=Nick|work=Disused Stations|access-date=2011-02-19|publisher=Subterranea Britannica}} but the line through the station remained open for freight trains until the early 1992. The station site was partially demolished, with the platforms and a small building on the down side being removed and the canopy severely truncated during the construction of the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway but the station building was saved from being demolished; a car park was planned to be built on the site of the demolished station building.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~owend/I/R/stnpages/histon.html|title=Histon|last=Dunn|first=Owen|year=2005|access-date=2011-02-19|work=British Railway Stations}} The building has operated as a cafe since 2021.{{Cite web |last=Amanda Borrill |date=2021-06-03 |title=Station House on track for new lease of life this summer {{!}} HI HUB |url=https://www.hihub.info/features/station-house-on-track-for-new-lease-of-life-this-summer/ |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=www.hihub.info |language=en-GB}}