Abandoned Lines and Stations

A miscellaneous collection of photos of disused stations and lines throughout East Anglia. Some of these shots were taken nearly forty years ago. Much has changed in that time, Some of the stations no longer exist having disappeared under housing estates and road improvements. Bridges and other infrastructure are disappearing at an increasing rate, although some of the Victorian architecture has been preserved. References used for dates and information unless otherwise stated, Forgotten Railways (East Anglia) R.S. Joby and A Regional History of The Railways of Great Britain Volume 5 by D.I. Gordon.
For M and GN information:- The Stations and Structures of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway. Two volumes by Nigel Digby.

Contributions to this album would be very welcome.

Other related sites:-

Berney Arms Web. Railways in the Great Yarmouth area. http://berneyarms.co.uk/html/yarmouth/rail/railway.htm

The Reshaping of The Stour Valley Line. The effects of the closure of this line including a photo gallery. http://stourline.co.uk

Disused Stations Site. Nick Catford's excellent resource.. http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/

Kings Lynn to Hunstanton you tube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lyp3wBqCuvE

Video from 1961 of a class 31 at Rodbridge level Crossing, Long Melford. on the Stour Valley Line. http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/98971

Wisbech and Upwell Tramway. Film from 1961 http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/139644

Last Train From Aldeburgh. Silent film from 10th September 1966. http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/517

Highly recommended. Excellent collection of disused stations on flickr here:- http://www.flickr.com/photos/blue-pelican-railways/

Colour film from 1959 featuring The Cambridge to Mildenhall branch : http://lode.ccan.co.uk/content/catalogue_item/cambridge-to-mildenhall-line-2

Facebook:- Friendly Facebook discussion group here. https://www.facebook.com/groups/497395890391199/?fref=ts

Colour film from the last day of the Cambridge to Sudbury line, taken between Pampisford and Haverhill. 4th March 1967 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DflFQ3wuqY

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Murrow

Murrow Cambridgeshire. Track bed of the M and G N line. Ahead, to the west was the line to Eye and, Peterborough and behind, the line to Wisbech which crossed the March to Spalding line on the level. The line to the immediate left was a spur which joined the March to Spalding line towards March. It was used for freight between Eye and Dogsthorpe Brickworks and Whitemoor. Only the still existing bracket signal post gives any indication that this was once a railway line. The signal had a home and a distant for the Wisbech direction and a home for the right curve towards the March direction. The curve was installed in December 1960. The line to Eye closed in July 1966, the line to Wisbech closing in October 1965. Today this is a road called Long Drove and somebody has refitted the signals plus an adjacent signal box which is believed to be Horsemoor. See next photo.
The area to the right is now a builders merchants. Image dated 10th May 1980.

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