Kenton railway station (Mid-Suffolk Light Railway)
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Kenton was a railway station on the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway
. The station was located a mile south of the hamlet of Kenton
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, Kenton station was located 10 miles (16.1 km) 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
, but this line was only 2 miles (3.2 km) in length before construction ceased on the outskirts of Debenham
.
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.
Mid-Suffolk Light Railway
The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway is a heritage railway in Suffolk, which in its heyday it was a branch line which ran for just from Haughley to Laxfield, Suffolk. The line became part of the London and North Eastern Railway in 1924 and the last trains ran on 26 July 1952...
. The station was located a mile south of the hamlet of Kenton
Kenton, Suffolk
' is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located 3 km to the north-east of Debenham, in 2005 its population was 170....
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History
Opened by the Mid-Suffolk Light RailwayMid-Suffolk Light Railway
The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway is a heritage railway in Suffolk, which in its heyday it was a branch line which ran for just from Haughley to Laxfield, Suffolk. The line became part of the London and North Eastern Railway in 1924 and the last trains ran on 26 July 1952...
, Kenton station was located 10 miles (16.1 km) 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
Westerfield is a village in Suffolk, England.It is located approximately two miles north of the centre of Ipswich. The village is served by Westerfield railway station on the Ipswich-Lowestoft East Suffolk Line....
, but this line was only 2 miles (3.2 km) in length before construction ceased on the outskirts of Debenham
Debenham
Debenham is a large village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in Eastern England. In the 2001 census the population recorded was 1,728...
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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.