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
Westerfield
Westerfield is a village in Suffolk, England. It lies about two miles north of the centre of Ipswich in the East Suffolk District, and is served by Westerfield railway station on the Ipswich– Lowestoft East Suffolk Line.
Amenities
Westerfie ...
, but this line was only in length before construction ceased on the outskirts of
Debenham
Debenham is a village and civil parish located north of Ipswich in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England.OS Explorer map 211: Bury St.Edmunds and Stowmarket
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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.
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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