Eye railway station explained

Eye
Status:Disused
Borough:Eye, Mid Suffolk
Country:England
Platforms:1
Original:Mellis and Eye Railway
Pregroup:Great Eastern Railway
Postgroup:London and North Eastern Railway
Years:2 Apr 1867
Events:Opened
Years1:2 Feb 1931
Events1:Closed for passengers
Years2:13 July 1964
Events2:Closed for freight

Eye railway station was located in Eye, Suffolk on a branch from Mellis. It was 94chain24chain down-line from London Liverpool Street.[1] It was closed to passengers on 2 February 1931 and to goods on 13 July 1964.

In the 1840s, the town leaders of Eye unsuccessfully lobbied to have the new main line from London to Norwich run through Eye - instead, the line was routed through nearby Diss, which had an enormous effect on the prosperity and growth of that town. Eye got its own station on a later branch line, of much less importance, opening some time later.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: RailRef GE Great Eastern . www.s-r-s.org.uk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130106083635/http://www.s-r-s.org.uk/railref/ref-ge.html . 2013-01-06.