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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Yaxley Halt.

Mellis to Eye Branch, Suffolk. The ornate Dukes Bridge (No 1115) at Yaxley looking towards Eye on 29th July 2014. The bridge was located 1Mile 40 chains from Mellis Junction and so named to commemorate the fact that the then Duke of Edinburgh travelled over the bridge on his way from Diss Railway Station in the mid eighteen sixties, at about the time of this lines opening. The bridge carries a minor road (Old Ipswich Road) over the line. This was the original route of the current A140 road which now bypasses Yaxley.
To the right of the camera position was Yaxley Halt which had a sixty foot ground level platform. It opened on 20th December 1922, closing less than nine years later on 2nd February 1931. Waiting passengers often used the adjacent bridge for shelter during bad weather as the platform had no canopy. No trace of the station remains today and houses now occupy the track bed behind the camera.
Most of the rest of the line has returned to agriculture. Information source:- The Mellis & Eye Railway. Peter Paye, 2012. The line closed completely on 28th December 1964, the track being lifted the following year. Location NGR:- TM 121741

mellis eye yaxley dukesbridge.