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Welnetham
Station in 2020.
General information
Location	Welnetham, West Suffolk England
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
9 Aug 1865	Opened
10 Apr 1961	Closed for passengers
13 July 1964	closed for freight

Welnetham railway station was on the Long Melford-Bury St Edmunds branch line, serving Great Whelnetham, Little Whelnetham and Sicklesmere in Suffolk. It opened in 1865 and closed in 1961; later it was converted into a private residence.

The "Welnetham" station sign is on display at the National Railway Museum in York.

References

1. 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.
2. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 446. OCLC 931112387.

External links

• Welnetham station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
• "Disused Stations". Subterranea Britannica.

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Stour Valley Railway	Haverhill Stoke Clare Cavendish Glemsford Long Melford
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Thetford to Bury St Edmunds line	Barnham Ingham Seven Hills Halt
Cambridge to Mildenhall railway	Worlington Golf Links Halt Mildenhall
Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway	Lowestoft North Corton
Hadleigh branch	Hadleigh Raydon Wood Capel
Eye Branch	Yaxley Halt Eye
Southwold Railway	Wenhaston Blythburgh Walberswick Southwold
Other lines	Bealings Bungay Haverhill South Haughley Haughley Road Higham Ipswich Stoke Hill Saxham & Risby Newmarket (1848 station) Newmarket Warren Hill

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