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The Stour Valley Railway is a closed railway line that ran between Shelford, near Cambridge and Marks Tey in Essex, England, as part of the Great Eastern Railway. The line opened in sections and opened throughout on 1865-08-09. The route from Shelford to Sudbury closed on 1967-03-06 while the section from Sudbury to Marks Tey remains open as the Gainsborough Line.

History

Following acts of Parliament in 1846 and 1847 the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury & Halstead Railway was authorised to construct a line from Marks Tey to Sudbury and then extend from Sudbury to Clare, with a branch line to Bury St. Edmunds forking off at Long Melford. Before construction was completed the company had changed hands twice and became part of the Eastern Union Railway. The Marks Tey to Sudbury section of the line opened in 1849 and ran for 5 years before being taken over by the Eastern Counties Railway.

After several years of protracted legal disputes, the Great Eastern Railway (who had superseded the Eastern Counties Railway) opened a line from Shelford to Haverhill in June 1865. In August of the same year the line was extended to Sudbury, and a branch line from Bury St. Edmunds, joining the main line at Melford was also completed. At the same time the Stour Valley line was connected to the Colne Valley Line at Haverhill and Chappel and Wakes Colne, running via Halstead and Castle Hedingham.

Reopening

A study^[1] looked in to the possibility of reopening Cambridge to Haverhill and maybe the entire line.

Sources

References

^ "Rail line could be reopened". BBC News. 15 January 2004. Retrieved 2008-03-09. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[1] "Rail line could be reopened". BBC News. 15 January 2004. Retrieved 2008-03-09. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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 ==History==
-Following acts of [[UK Parliament|Parliament]] in 1846 and 1847 the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury & Halstead Railway was authorised to construct a line from Marks Tey to Sudbury and then extend from Sudbury to Clare, with a branch line to [[Bury St. Edmunds]] forking off at Long Melford. Before construction was completed the company had changed hands twice and became part of he Eastern Union Railway. The Marks Tey to Sudbury section of the line opened in 1849 and ran for 5 years before being taken over by the Eastern Counties Railway.
+Following acts of [[UK Parliament|Parliament]] in 1846 and 1847 the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury & Halstead Railway was authorised to construct a line from Marks Tey to Sudbury and then extend from Sudbury to Clare, with a branch line to [[Bury St. Edmunds]] forking off at Long Melford. Before construction was completed the company had changed hands twice and became part of the Eastern Union Railway. The Marks Tey to Sudbury section of the line opened in 1849 and ran for 5 years before being taken over by the Eastern Counties Railway.
 After several years of protracted legal disputes, the [[Great Eastern Railway]] (who had superseded the Eastern Counties Railway) opened a line from Shelford to Haverhill in June 1865. In August of the same year the line was extended to Sudbury, and a [[Long Melford-Bury St Edmunds branch line|branch line]] from [[Bury St Edmunds railway station|Bury St. Edmunds]], joining the main line at [[Long Melford railway station|Melford]] was also completed. At the same time the Stour Valley line was connected to the [[Colne Valley Railway|Colne Valley Line]] at Haverhill and [[Chappel and Wakes Colne railway station|Chappel and Wakes Colne]], running via [[Halstead]] and [[Castle Hedingham]].