Barnham railway station (Suffolk)

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General information
Location Barnham, West Suffolk
England
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Thetford and Watton Railway
Pre-grouping Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 March 1876 (1876-03-01)Station opened
8 June 1953 (1953-06-08)Station closed
Location
Barnham railway station (Suffolk)

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]

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History

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]

Former Services
Preceding stationDisused railwaysFollowing station
Thetford Bridge   Great Eastern Railway
Thetford-Bury St Edmunds Line 		  Seven Hills Halt

References

  1. ↑ British Railways Atlas. 1947. p. 12.
  2. 1 2 Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. p. 120. CN 8983.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Allen, Cecil J. (1956) [1955]. The Great Eastern Railway (2nd ed.). Hampton Court: Ian Allan. p. 217.
  5. ↑ Awdry 1990 , p. 166
  6. ↑ McCarthy, McCarthy & Cobb 2007 , map 26
  7. ↑ 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.

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