Thetford to Bury St Edmunds line explained

The Thetford to Bury St Edmunds line is a closed railway between Thetford in Norfolk and Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, England. It was a single line railway of 12.75miles.

History

Opening

The line was built and opened by the Bury St Edmunds and Thetford Railway (B&TR) on 1 March 1876 and was bought by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) two years later.[1]

Train services

The line typically had four return passenger services and one freight working a day.

Closure

It closed to passengers on 8 June 1953 and goods traffic on 27 June 1960.

Sources

  1. Heard. Paul. Salt. Vic. Jenkins. Stanley. Summers. Alan. Joby. Richard. Robertson. Alic. Ingham station and Seven Hills Halt. Great Eastern Journal. April 1998. 34,35.