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Brockford and Wetheringsett railway station

Coordinates: 52°15′00″N 1°06′59″E / 52.250062°N 1.116371°E / 52.250062; 1.116371
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Brockford and Wetheringsett
Site of the station in 1966
General information
LocationWetheringsett, Mid Suffolk
England
Grid referenceTM128658
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMid-Suffolk Light Railway
Post-groupingLNER and then British Railways
Key dates
29 September 1908Station opens
28 July 1952Station closes

Brockford and Wetheringsett railway station was a station on the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway.

History

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Brockford and Wetheringsett railway station served the villages of Wetheringsett and Brockford Green in Suffolk. It was on the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway. The station was opened in 1908 and closed in 1952. The station was located six miles from Haughley and was made up of two small corrugated iron clad huts, one acting as booking office, staff room and store room and the other as passenger waiting room.

After the railway closed the station site was turned into an industrial site. When the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway Society began building up their collection, the site of the station's cattle dock was found and the original brickwork makes up part of a new platform at the station.

Former Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Mendlesham   Mid-Suffolk Light Railway   Aspall and Thorndon


References

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  • Comfort, N. A. (1986) The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway, The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-338-9
  • Paye, P. (1986) The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway, Wild Swan Publications Ltd. ISBN 1-874103-81-X

52°15′00″N 1°06′59″E / 52.250062°N 1.116371°E / 52.250062; 1.116371