Brockford and Wetheringsett railway station was a station on the

Mid-Suffolk Light Railway The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway (MSLR) was a standard gauge railway intended to open up an agricultural area of central Suffolk; it took advantage of the reduced construction cost enabled by the Light Railways Act 1896. It was launched with consi ...

History

Brockford and Wetheringsett railway station served the villages of

Wetheringsett Wetheringsett is a village in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located to the east of the A140, it is the largest village in the parish of Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford is a civil parish in t ...

and Brockford Green in

Suffolk Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...

. It was on the

. The station was opened in 1908 and closed in 1952. The station was located six miles from Haughley and was made up of two small corrugated iron clad huts, one acting as booking office, staff room and store room and the other as passenger waiting room. After the railway closed the station site was turned into an industrial site. When the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway Society began building up their collection, the site of the station's cattle dock was found and the original brickwork makes up part of a new platform at the station.

References

*Comfort, N. A. (1986) ''The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway'', The Oakwood Press. *Paye, P. (1986) ''The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway'', Wild Swan Publications Ltd. {{coord, 52.250062, 1.116371, type:railwaystation_region:GB_source:npemap.co.uk-enwiki, display=title Disused railway stations in Suffolk Former Mid-Suffolk Light Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1908 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1952 1908 establishments in England