Barnham railway station (Suffolk)

Barnham

General information
Location	Barnham, West Suffolk England
Other information
Status	Disused
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

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]

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]

Thetford to
Bury St Edmunds line

Legend

					Breckland line
					Thetford
					Thetford Bridge
					Barnham
					Seven Hills Halt
					Ingham
					Bury St Edmunds
					Ely-Ipswich line

Former Services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Thetford Bridge		Great Eastern Railway Thetford-Bury St Edmunds Line		Seven Hills Halt

References

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

External links

Barnham station on navigable 1946 O. S. map

v t e Closed railway stations in Suffolk
Aldeburgh branch	Leiston Thorpeness Aldeburgh
Framlingham branch	Framlingham Parham Hacheston Halt Marlesford
Mid-Suffolk Light Railway	Haughley Mendlesham Brockford and Wetheringsett Aspall and Thorndon Kenton Worlingworth Horham Stradbroke Wilby Laxfield
Great Eastern Main Line	Mellis Finningham Claydon Bramford Bentley (Suffolk) Bentley Church
Felixstowe branch line	Felixstowe Beach Felixstowe Pier Orwell
Stour Valley Railway	Haverhill Stoke Clare Cavendish Glemsford Long Melford
Long Melford to Bury St Edmunds branch	Lavenham Cockfield Welnetham Bury St Edmunds Eastgate
Thetford to Bury St Edmunds line	Barnham Ingham Seven Hills Halt
Cambridge to Mildenhall railway	Worlington Golf Links Halt Mildenhall
Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway	Lowestoft North Corton
Hadleigh branch	Hadleigh Raydon Wood Capel
Eye Branch	Yaxley Halt Eye
Southwold Railway	Wenhaston Blythburgh Walberswick Southwold
Other lines	Bealings Bungay Haverhill South Haughley Haughley Road Higham Ipswich Stoke Hill Saxham & Risby Newmarket (1848 station) Newmarket Warren Hill

52°22′46″N 0°44′01″E / 52.3795°N 0.7336°E / 52.3795; 0.7336

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