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Sturmer railway station was a station that served the village of Sturmer, Essex, England. It opened in 1865 on the
Stour Valley Railway The Stour Valley Railway is a partially closed railway line that ran between , near Cambridge and in Essex, England. The line opened in sections between 1849 and 1865. The route from Shelford to Sudbury closed on 6 March 1967 leaving only th ...
between and . The station and line closed in 1967 as part of the
Beeching cuts The Beeching cuts (also Beeching Axe) was a plan to increase the efficiency of the nationalised railway system in Great Britain. The plan was outlined in two reports: ''The Reshaping of British Railways'' (1963) and ''The Development of the M ...
. The station building still stands today as a private residence.


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Sturmer station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
* Disused railway stations in Essex Former Great Eastern Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1865 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1967 Beeching closures in England {{EastEngland-railstation-stub