Haverhill railway station (England)

Haverhill
RCTS Rail Tour in 1958
General information
Location	Haverhill, West Suffolk England
Grid reference	TL672457
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 June 1865 [1]	Opened as Haverhill
1 July 1923	Renamed Haverhill North
May 1952	Renamed Haverhill
6 March 1967	Closed
Location

Haverhill railway station was a station in Haverhill, Suffolk, on the Stour Valley Railway, which opened in 1865 and closed in 1967. ^[2] It was sometimes known as Haverhill North because of a separate station in the town on the Colne Valley and Halstead Railway.

Future

In 2019 the Cambridge Metro project unveiled a plan to reopen Haverhill and Linton stations, for a commuter light railway to Cambridge city centre. ^[3]

In November 2023, after the Cambridge South East Transport scheme was paused, Railfuture East Anglia wrote to councillors to suggest that reopening the rail to Haverhill would be a better solution. ^[4]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Bartlow		Great Eastern Railway Stour Valley Railway		Sturmer
Terminus		London and North Eastern Railway Colne Valley and Halstead line 1924 on		Birdbrook Line and station closed

References

1. 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. p. 115. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
2. "Disused Stations". Subterranea Britannica.
3. BBC News
4. Findlay, Cait (12 January 2024). "Calls for Cambridge to Haverhill railway line to reopen after transport plans paused". Cambridgeshire Live. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

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