Long Melford railway station

Former railway station in England

Long Melford
The former station in 2007
General information
Location	Long Melford, Babergh England
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
9 August 1865^[1]	Opened as Melford
1 February 1884	Renamed Long Melford
6 March 1967	Closed

Long Melford railway station is a disused station that served the village of Long Melford in Suffolk, England. It opened in 1865 as "Melford" and was renamed "Long Melford" in 1884. The station was on the Stour Valley Railway between Sudbury and Cambridge, operated by the Eastern Counties Railway, as well as a branch line between Long Melford and Bury St Edmunds. Services over the latter route ended in 1961 and the station and Stour Valley line closed in 1967 as part of the Beeching cuts. The station building is now a private residence.

A proposal to extend services by building a light railway between Long Melford and Hadleigh was reported in the Haverhill Echo on 10 March 1900,^[2] but was never built.

References

^ 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. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
^ "1900-1903HaverhillEcho.HTML FDLHS newspaper archive".

External links

Long Melford station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
Long Melford station on Subterranea Britannica website

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Glemsford Line and station closed		Great Eastern Railway Stour Valley Railway		Sudbury Line and station closed
Terminus		Great Eastern Railway Long Melford-Bury St Edmunds Branch		Lavenham Line and station closed