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).

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

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