Kenton Railway Station (Mid-Suffolk Light Railway)
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Kenton was a railway 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 ...
. The station was located a mile north of the hamlet of Kenton.


History

Opened by 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 ...
, Kenton station was located from Haughley and is sometimes referred to as ''Kenton Junction''. This station had been intended to be the junction for the proposed branch to
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, but this line was only in length before construction ceased on the outskirts of
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. 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 and a "Kenton" station sign are preserved in the National Railway Museum, York, as is the Kenton - Laxfield train staff.


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, 52.2571, 1.2055, type:railwaystation_region:GB, 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