Barnham | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Barnham, West Suffolk |
Country: | England |
Original: | Thetford and Watton Railway |
Pregroup: | Great Eastern Railway |
Postgroup: | London and North Eastern Railway |
Events: | Station opened |
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.[1]
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, a curve was built so that T&WR trains from could run directly to the Bury St Edmunds line without reversing at Thetford.[3] The B&TR line between and was opened on 1 March 1876.[4] 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; after this, trains from Bury began to run to Thetford; the east to south curve at Thetford Bridge was not used after 1880. Thetford Bridge was then the last station before .[5]