Clare railway station

Disused railway station in England

Clare

Clare railway station in 2008

General information
Location| Clare, West Suffolk
England
Coordinates| 52°04′36″N 0°35′05″E﻿ / ﻿52.0768°N 0.5846°E﻿ / 52.0768; 0.5846Coordinates: 52°04′36″N 0°35′05″E﻿ / ﻿52.0768°N 0.5846°E﻿ / 52.0768; 0.5846
Platforms| 2
Other information
Status| Disused
History
Original company| Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping| London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
9 August 1865| Opened
6 March 1967| Closed[1]

Clare railway station was a station that served the village of Clare in Suffolk, England. It opened in 1865 on the Stour Valley Railway between Sudbury and Cambridge.

The station and line closed in 1967 as part of the Beeching cuts.[2]

The platforms, station building, waiting room and a goods shed are within the Clare Castle Country Park.

Preceding station  |  | Disused railways  |  | Following station

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Stoke
Line and station closed |  | Great Eastern Railway
Stour Valley Railway |  | Cavendish
Line and station closed

## References[edit]

1. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 127\. OCLC 931112387.
2. ^ 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.

## External links[edit]

* Clare station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
* "Disused Stations". Subterranea Britannica.

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Closed railway stations in Suffolk

Aldeburgh branch|

* Leiston
* Thorpeness
* Aldeburgh

Framlingham branch|

* Framlingham
* Parham
* Hacheston Halt
* Marlesford

Mid-Suffolk Light Railway|

* Haughley
* Mendlesham
* Brockford and Wetheringsett
* Aspall and Thorndon
* Kenton
* Worlingworth
* Horham
* Stradbroke
* Wilby
* Laxfield

Great Eastern Main Line|

* Mellis
* Finningham
* Claydon
* Bramford
* Bentley (Suffolk)
* Bentley Church

Felixstowe branch line|

* Felixstowe Beach
* Felixstowe Pier
* Orwell

Stour Valley Railway|

* Haverhill
* Stoke
* Clare
* Cavendish
* Glemsford
* Long Melford

Long Melford to Bury St Edmunds branch|

* Lavenham
* Cockfield
* Welnetham
* Bury St Edmunds Eastgate

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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