Eastern Union Railway

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The Eastern Union Railway was an English railway opened for public passenger traffic on 15 June 1846 from an end-on junction with the Eastern Counties Railway at Colchester to a terminus at Ipswich. One of the main protagonists was John Chevallier Cobbold and the engineer was Peter Bruff.

A connecting line to Bury St Edmunds was opened on 7 December 1846 and a further extension from Haughley to Norwich on 12 December 1849.

The company became a constituent of the Great Eastern Railway in 1862 and today forms part of the Great Eastern Main Line.

[edit] References

  • Body, Geoffrey (1986). Railways of the Eastern Region, Volume 1. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 0-85059-712-9. 
  • Moffat, Hugh (1987). East Anglia's First Railways. Lavenham: Terence Dalton. ISBN 0-86138-038-X. 


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