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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 Sudbury 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.

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 Aug 1865[1]	Opened as Melford
1 Feb 1884	Renamed Long Melford
6 Mar 1967	Closed

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

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

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