Barnham railway station (Suffolk)

{{For|the still operational station in West Sussex|Barnham railway station}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Barnham

| status = Disused

| image = Barnham (Suffolk) railway station.jpg

| borough = Barnham, West Suffolk

| country = England

| original = Thetford and Watton Railway

| pregroup = Great Eastern Railway

| postgroup = London and North Eastern Railway

| years = {{Start date|1876|03|1|df=yes}}

| events = Station opened

| years1 = {{end date|1953|06|08|df=y}}

| events1 = 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.{{cite book|title=British Railways Atlas|year=1947|pages=12}}

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.{{cite book |last=Awdry |first=Christopher |author-link=Christopher Awdry |title=Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies |year=1990 |publisher=Guild Publishing |location=London |id=CN 8983 |page=120 }} 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 {{stnlnk|Thetford}}, a curve was built so that T&WR trains from {{stnlnk|Swaffham}} could run directly to the Bury St Edmunds line without reversing at Thetford.{{cite book |last1=McCarthy |first1=Colin |last2=McCarthy |first2=David |last3=Cobb |first3=Michael |editor-last=Waller |editor-first=Peter |title=Railways of Britain: Norfolk and Suffolk |date=August 2007 |publisher=Ian Allan |location=Hersham |isbn=978-0-7110-3223-1 |id=0708/c1 |page=6 }} The B&TR line between {{stnlnk|Bury St Edmunds}} and {{stnlnk|Thetford Bridge}} was opened on 1 March 1876.{{cite book |last=Allen |first=Cecil J. |author-link=Cecil J. Allen |title=The Great Eastern Railway |edition=2nd |year=1956 |orig-year=1955 |publisher=Ian Allan |location=Hampton Court |page=217 }} The B&TR was purchased by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) in 1878.

Trains on the B&TR were operated by the T&WR until 1879, when operation was taken over by the GER;{{harvnb|Awdry|1990|p=166}} after this, trains from Bury began to run to Thetford; the east to south curve at Thetford Bridge was not used after 1880.{{harvnb|McCarthy|McCarthy|Cobb|2007|loc=map 26}} Thetford Bridge was then the last station before {{stnlnk|Thetford}}.{{cite book |last=Conolly |first=W. Philip |title=British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer |edition=5th |date=January 1976 |publisher=Ian Allan |location=Shepperton |isbn=0-7110-0320-3 |id=EX/0176 |at=p. 12, section B5 }}

{{Rail line|previous=Thetford Bridge|next=Seven Hills Halt|route=Great Eastern Railway
Thetford-Bury St Edmunds Line |col={{GER colour}} }}

References

External links

[http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#585,279,1 Barnham station on navigable 1946 O. S. map]

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Category:Disused railway stations in Suffolk

Category:Former Great Eastern Railway stations

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1876

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1953

Category:Borough of St Edmundsbury