Cambridge to Mildenhall railway

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Cambridge-Mildenhall
Legend Distance from Cambridge 20m59ch Mildenhall 19m68ch Worlington Golf Links Halt 16m58ch Isleham To Ely (Ipswich to Ely Line) 13m36ch Fordham To Newmarket (Ipswich to Ely Line) 10m50ch Exning Road Halt 9m75ch Burwell 8m2ch Swaffham Prior 6m5ch Bottisham and Lode 4m49ch Quy 2m31ch Fen Ditton Halt 1m56ch Barnwell Junction 0m0ch Cambridge

The Cambridge to Mildenhall railway is a closed railway between Cambridge and Mildenhall in England. The line was built by the Great Eastern Railway and opened from Cambridge to Fordham on 2 June 1884 and then to Mildenhall on 1 April 1885 with a length of 20.75 miles (33.39 km).^[1]

The line was closed to passengers on 18 June 1962 and to goods on 13 July 1964 apart from the section from Fordham to Burwell that closed on 19 April 1965.

The three halts on the line (Worlington Golf Links, Exning Road and Fen Ditton) had no raised platforms and consisted of little more than a sign. A special carriage was fitted with steps and passengers for these halts were asked to travel in this carriage.

[edit] Passnger services

Beginning with four to five return trains a day, by 1949 there were four and down to three in 1953. In July 1958 railbuses operated the route; these vehicles are now at the North Norfolk Railway.

[edit] References

• R.S. Joby (1977). Forgotten Railways East Anglia. David & Charles. ISBN 0714573129. 
• Peter Turner (1978). By Rail to Mildenhall: The Story of the Cambridge to Mildenhall Railway. Mildenhall Museum Publications. ISBN 0905457021.