Bentley (Suffolk) railway station

Not to be confused with Great Bentley (Essex) railway station.

Bentley

Location
Place	Bentley
Area	District of Babergh
Operations
Original company	Eastern Union Railway^[1]
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	3
History
15 Jun 1846	Opened^[1]
7 Nov 1966	Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Bentley railway station, also known as Bentley Junction between 1849 and 1878,^[2] was located in Bentley, Suffolk on the Great Eastern Main Line. It had two through mainline platforms and an end bay at the country end of the down line to handle services on the Hadleigh branch. The bay could accommodate five coaches.^[3]

There were goods sidings on both the up and down sides of the station at the country or northern end and also sidings to a malthouse at the southern end of the station on the down side.^[4]

It closed in 1966.

The site of the station is still clearly identifiable at the Station Road level crossing, and the former station building is now a private dwelling.

Just to the North of the station was the branch line to Hadleigh.

References

1 2 Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
↑ Mitchell, Vic (June 2011). Branch Lines to Harwich and Hadleigh. Midhurst: Middleton Press. plate 104. ISBN 978 1 908174 02 4.
↑ Mitchell 2011, plate 103
↑ Mitchell 2011, plan X

External links

Bentley station on navigable 1946 O. S. map

Preceding station	Historical railways		Following station
Manningtree Line and station open		Great Eastern Railway Eastern Union Railway	Ipswich Line and station open
	Disused railways
Manningtree Line and station open		Great Eastern Railway Eastern Union Railway	Ipswich Stoke Hill Line and station closed
Terminus		Great Eastern Railway Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction Railway	Bentley Church Line and station closed

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

Coordinates: 51°59′21″N 1°05′04″E / 51.98929°N 1.08436°E / 51.98929; 1.08436

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