Clare railway station

Clare
Clare railway station in 2008
General information
Location	Clare, West Suffolk England
Coordinates	52°04′36″N0°35′05″E / 52.0768°N 0.5846°E / 52.0768; 0.5846
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
9 August 1865	Opened
6 March 1967	Closed [1]
Location

Clare railway station was a station that served the town of Clare in Suffolk, England. It opened in 1865 on the Stour Valley Railway between Sudbury and Cambridge.

The station and line closed in 1967 as part of the Beeching cuts. ^[2]

The platforms, station building, waiting room and a goods shed are within the Clare Castle Country Park.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Stoke Line and station closed		Great Eastern Railway Stour Valley Railway		Cavendish Line and station closed

References

1. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 127. OCLC   931112387.
2. Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.

External links

• Clare station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
• "Disused Stations". Subterranea Britannica.