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 opened on 1 March 1876 and was bought by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) two years later.
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
- RS Joby (1977). Forgotten Railways East Anglia. David & Charles. ISBN 0715373129.