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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 12.75 miles (21 km).
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History
editOpening
editThe 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
editThe line typically had four return passenger services and one freight working a day.
Closure
editIt closed to passengers on 8 June 1953 and goods traffic on 27 June 1960.
Sources
edit- ^ Heard, Paul; Salt, Vic; Jenkins, Stanley; Summers, Alan; Joby, Richard; Robertson, Alic (April 1998). "Ingham station and Seven Hills Halt". Great Eastern Journal: 34, 35.
- RS Joby (1977). Forgotten Railways East Anglia. David & Charles. ISBN 0715373129.
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