en Barnham railway station (Suffolk)

Barnham
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	Station opened
8 June 1953	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.