Kenton railway station (Suffolk)

Kenton
General information
Location	Kenton, Mid Suffolk England
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Mid-Suffolk Light Railway
Pre-grouping	Mid-Suffolk Light Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway British Railways
Key dates
29 September 1908 [1]	Station opens
28 July 1952 [1]	Station closes
Location

Kenton was a railway station on the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway. The station was located a mile north of the hamlet of Kenton.

History

Opened by the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway, Kenton station was located 10 miles (16 km) from Haughley and is sometimes referred to as Kenton Junction. This station had been intended to be the junction for the proposed branch to Westerfield, but this line was only 2 miles (3.2 km) in length before construction ceased on the outskirts of Debenham.

As well as having the double-ended corrugated station building with open fronted waiting room that were standard on the Mid-Suffolk, Kenton acted as a half-way point on the railway and had a second platform and engine shed.

After the line closed, the station site became an industrial estate.

The station's running-in board and a "Kenton" station sign are preserved in the National Railway Museum, York, as is the Kenton - Laxfield train staff.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Aspall and Thorndon		Mid-Suffolk Light Railway		Worlingworth

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. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.

• Comfort, N. A. (1986) The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway, The Oakwood Press. ISBN   0-85361-338-9
• Paye, P. (1986) The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway, Wild Swan Publications Ltd. ISBN   1-874103-81-X

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