Haverhill railway station (England)

Haverhill
RCTS Rail Tour in 1958
General information
LocationHaverhill, West Suffolk
England
Grid referenceTL672457
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Eastern Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 June 1865[1]Opened as Haverhill
1 July 1923Renamed Haverhill North
May 1952Renamed Haverhill
6 March 1967Closed

Haverhill railway station was a station in Haverhill, Suffolk, on the Stour Valley Railway, which opened in 1865 and closed in 1967.[2] It was sometimes known as Haverhill North because of a separate station in the town on the Colne Valley and Halstead Railway.

Future

In 2019 the Cambridge Metro project unveiled a plan to reopen Haverhill and Linton stations, for a commuter light railway to Cambridge city centre.[3]

In November 2023, after the Cambridge South East Transport scheme was paused, Railfuture East Anglia wrote to councillors to suggest that reopening the rail to Haverhill would be a better solution.[4]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Bartlow   Great Eastern Railway
Stour Valley Railway 		  Sturmer
Terminus   London and North Eastern Railway
Colne Valley and Halstead line
1924 on 		  Birdbrook
Line and station closed

References

  1. ^ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  2. ^ "Disused Stations". Subterranea Britannica.
  3. ^ BBC News
  4. ^ Findlay, Cait (12 January 2024). "Calls for Cambridge to Haverhill railway line to reopen after transport plans paused". Cambridgeshire Live. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

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