Kenton railway station (Mid-Suffolk Light Railway)

Kenton
Location
Place	Kenton
Area	Suffolk
Operations
Original company	Mid-Suffolk Light Railway^[1]
Post-grouping	LNER in 1923 and British Railways in 1948
Platforms	2
History
29 September 1908^[1]	Station opens
28 July 1952^[1]	Station closes
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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Kenton was a railway station on the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway. The station was located a mile north of the hamlet of Kenton.

History

Opened by the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway, Kenton station was located 10 miles (16 km) from Haughley and is sometimes referred to as Kenton Junction. This station had been intended to be the junction for the proposed branch to Westerfield, but this line was only 2 miles (3.2 km) in length before construction ceased on the outskirts of Debenham.

As well as having the double-ended corrugated station building with open fronted waiting room that were standard on the Mid-Suffolk, Kenton acted as a half way point on the railway and had a second platform and engine shed.

After the line closed, the station site became an industrial estate.

The station's running in board & a "Kenton" station sign are preserved in the National Railway Museum, York, as is the Kenton - Laxfield train staff.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Aspall and Thorndon		Mid-Suffolk Light Railway		Worlingworth

References

1 2 3 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.

Comfort, N. A. (1986) The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway, The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-338-9
Paye, P. (1986) The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway, Wild Swan Publications Ltd. ISBN 1-874103-81-X

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: 52°15′26″N 1°12′20″E / 52.2571°N 1.2055°E / 52.2571; 1.2055

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