Cambridge to Mildenhall railway

Cambridge-Mildenhall
Legend
 Distance from
Cambridge
20m 59ch Mildenhall
19m 68ch Worlington Golf Links Halt
16m 58ch Isleham
To Ely (Ipswich to Ely Line)
13m 36ch Fordham
To Newmarket (Ipswich to Ely Line)
10m 50ch Exning Road Halt
9m 75ch Burwell
8m 2ch Swaffham Prior
6m 5ch Bottisham and Lode
4m 49ch Quy
2m 31ch Fen Ditton Halt
Fen Line
1m 56ch Barnwell Junction
0m 0ch Cambridge
West Anglia Main Line

The Cambridge to Mildenhall railway is a closed railway between Cambridge and Mildenhall in England. The line was built by the Great Eastern Railway and opened from Cambridge to Fordham on 2 June 1884 and then to Mildenhall on 1 April 1885 with a length of 20.75 miles (33.4 km).[1]

The three halts on the line (Worlington Golf Links, Exning Road and Fen Ditton) had no raised platforms and consisted of little more than a sign. A special carriage was fitted with steps and passengers for these halts were asked to travel in this carriage.

Passenger services

Beginning with four to five return trains a day, by 1949 there were four and down to three in 1953. In July 1958 railbuses operated the route; some of these vehicles are now at the North Norfolk Railway.

Closure

The line was closed to passengers on 18 June 1962 and to goods on 13 July 1964 apart from the section from Fordham to Burwell that closed on 19 April 1965.

The Cambridge University Railway Club travelled on the last train from Mildenhall to Cambridge. They have the Quy station nameboard.

References

  1. ^ Joby, R. S. (1977). Forgotten Railways East Anglia. David & Charles. ISBN 0714573129. 

Turner, Peter (1978). By Rail to Mildenhall: The Story of the Cambridge to Mildenhall Railway. Mildenhall Museum Publications. ISBN 0905457021.