Long Melford railway station
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Long Melford railway station in 2007 | |
| Location | |
| Place | Long Melford |
| Area | Suffolk |
| Operations | |
| Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 9 Aug 1865[1] | Station opened as Melford |
| 1 Feb 1884 | Station renamed Long Melford |
| 6 Mar 1967 | Station closed |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
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Long Melford railway station is a disused railway station in Long Melford, Suffolk, England. It opened in 1865, as "Melford", and was renamed Long Melford in 1884. The station was part of the Stour Valley Line, operated by the Eastern Counties Railway, and served trains between Sudbury and Cambridge, as well as the branch line between Sudbury and Bury St Edmunds. Services over the latter route ended in 1961 and the line was closed in March 1967, following the Beeching Axe - the station building is now a private residence.
A proposal to extend services by building a light railway between Long Melford and Hadleigh was reported in the Haverhill Echo[2] on March 10th 1900, but this wasn't built.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Glemsford | Stour Valley Railway | Sudbury | ||
| Terminus | Long Melford-Bury St Edmunds Branch | Lavenham | ||
References
External links
- Long Melford station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
- Long Melford station on Subterranea Britannica website
Coordinates: 52°03′58″N 0°42′39″E / 52.0660°N 0.7109°E