Haverhill railway station (England)

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Haverhill
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RCTS Rail Tour in 1958
General information
Location Haverhill, West Suffolk
England
Grid reference TL672457
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Great Eastern Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 June 1865 [1] Opened as Haverhill
1 July 1923Renamed Haverhill North
May 1952Renamed Haverhill
6 March 1967Closed

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

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References

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  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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