Colne Valley and Halstead Railway

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Legend
Stour Valley Railway Haverhill South Haverhill Birdbrook Stour Valley Railway to Sudbury Whitley Yeldham Hedingham Colne Valley Railway (heritage railway) Sible and Castle Hedingham Halstead Earls Colne White Colne Gainsborough line to Sudbury East Anglian Railway Museum Chappel & Wakes Colne Gainsborough line

The Colne Valley and Halstead Railway (CVHR) is a closed railway between

A railway in the

• 1 July 1861 Halstead–Castle Hedingham
• 26 May 1862 Castle Hedingham–Yeldham
• 10 May 1863 Yeldham–
  Haverhill (CVHR)^[2]

Physical connection with the Stour Valley Railway at Haverhill was provided in 1865, and although close relations were maintained with the Great Eastern Railway, the Colne Valley and Halstead Railway remained completely independent until it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway in the 1923 regrouping.^[2] The CVHR station, renamed Haverhill South, was closed to passengers in 1924 but remained open for goods until 1965.

Heritage railway preservation

The line remained open until 30 December 1961, when passenger traffic ended. In 1965, freight traffic ended, and the line was taken up a year later.

A mile of track was reconstructed in 1973-75 as the Colne Valley Railway, including Castle Hedingham station. In 2012, the site of the former Yeldham station was cleared for a pathway^{[clarification needed]}, the most likely site for any future extension.

Nature reserve

A stretch of the former track north and east of

References

External links

• Marks Tey–Bures–Sudbury Rail Line (1849–1990)
• The Sudbury Line Website News and Information about the Sudbury Branch