Thetford to Bury St Edmunds line
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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).
Railway bridge carrying footpath over the line the South of Ingham railway station
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
- 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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