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Bungay railway station was located on the now disused Waveney Valley Line which ran between Tivetshall and Beccles. The station was closed in 1953 and the buildings eventually demolished to make way for the A143 road. It was one of two stations in Suffolk on the line, which curved across the county boundary then back into Norfolk. ==History== On 3 July 1851, the Waveney Valley Railway (WVR) was formed, with powers to build a railway line from on the Eastern Union Railway (EUR) to Bungay; an extension to was authorised on 4 August 1853. The line was opened in stages: the first section, between Tivetshall and was opened on 1 December 1855; and the line reached Bungay on 2 November 1860. The final part of the line opened on 2 March 1863 when the line to Beccles opened and Bungay became a through station. From opening, the WVR was worked by the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR), which had absorbed the EUR in 1854; but following a dispute, the WVR worked its own trains. The WVR was absorbed by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) in July 1863 - the GER had been formed in 1862 when the ECR amalgamated with several other railways. On 9 March 1863 the 4:50pm Bungay-Beccles train was derailed dragging its carriages for about 70 yards before running off the embankment.〔Extracts from "Waveney Valley Railway" By R.S Joby 1982〕 In August 1912 the line was temporarily closed between Bungay and Harleston as the River Waveney had flooded. The GER provided a number of its own buses to provide a replacement passenger service in the interim. On 1 January 1923, the GER amalgamated with several other railways to form the London & North Eastern Railway following the 1923 grouping. During World War 2 the station probably saw its busiest period of operation due to the proximity of a number of airbases. In 1948 following nationalisation of the railways the station became part of the Eastern Region of British Railways. In 1952 the line was badly affected by a number of gales in the area. A steam crane was bought in from Ipswich to assist with clearing the line. Passenger services were withdrawn in 1953 although a number of enthusiast specials traversed the line up until 1960. As it opened in stages the line closed in stages. The Bungay - Harleston section closed in late 1960 but freight between Bungay and Beccles lingered on until August 1964. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bungay railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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