Barnham railway station (Suffolk)

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]

v t e Thetford to Bury St Edmunds line
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Breckland line Thetford Thetford Bridge Barnham Seven Hills Halt Ingham Bury St Edmunds Ely-Ipswich line

• Barnham station on navigable 1946 O. S. map

52°22′46″N 0°44′01″E / 52.3795°N 0.7336°E / 52.3795; 0.7336

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