Barnham railway station (Suffolk)
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| General information | |
| Location | Barnham, West Suffolk England |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Thetford and Watton Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 March 1876 | Station opened |
| 8 June 1953 | Station closed |
Barnham railway station is a former station in Barnham, Suffolk on a now closed line between Thetford and Bury St Edmunds. It was located close to the Norfolk border.[1]
History
[edit]The railway line between Bury St Edmunds and Thetford was proposed by the Bury St Edmunds and Thetford Railway (B&TR) and authorised on 5 July 1865; but the company had problems in raising the necessary money.[2] After assistance was given by the Thetford and Watton Railway (T&WR), the plan was modified, and instead of running to the main station at Thetford, a curve was built so that T&WR trains from Swaffham could run directly to the Bury St Edmunds line without reversing at Thetford.[3] The B&TR line between Bury St Edmunds and Thetford Bridge was opened on 1 March 1876.[4] The B&TR was purchased by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) in 1878.[2]
Trains on the B&TR were operated by the T&WR until 1879, when operation was taken over by the GER;[5] after this, trains from Bury began to run to Thetford; the east to south curve at Thetford Bridge was not used after 1880.[6] Thetford Bridge was then the last station before Thetford.[7]
Thetford to Bury St Edmunds line | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Thetford Bridge | Great Eastern Railway Thetford-Bury St Edmunds Line |
Seven Hills Halt |
References
[edit]- ^ British Railways Atlas. 1947. p. 12.
- ^ a b Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. p. 120. CN 8983.
- ^ McCarthy, Colin; McCarthy, David; Cobb, Michael (August 2007). Waller, Peter (ed.). Railways of Britain: Norfolk and Suffolk. Hersham: Ian Allan. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-7110-3223-1. 0708/c1.
- ^ Allen, Cecil J. (1956) [1955]. The Great Eastern Railway (2nd ed.). Hampton Court: Ian Allan. p. 217.
- ^ Awdry 1990, p. 166
- ^ McCarthy, McCarthy & Cobb 2007, map 26
- ^ Conolly, W. Philip (January 1976). British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer (5th ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 12, section B5. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3. EX/0176.
External links
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52°22′46″N 0°44′01″E / 52.3795°N 0.7336°E
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