Private company
Bury St Edmunds and Thetford Railway
UK railway company
The Bury St Edmunds and Thetford Railway (B&TR) built the Thetford to Bury St Edmunds line from Thetford to Bury St Edmunds with assistance from the Thetford and Watton Railway. The railway was authorised on 5 July 1873 and opened on 1 March 1876. Services were operated by the Thetford and Watton Railway until it was taken over by the Great Eastern Railway on 22 July 1878 under the Great Eastern and Bury Saint Edmund's and Thetford Railway Companies Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. clxxv).2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
See how the biggest companies compare on our leaderboards
.svg){kind=link}
The Bury St Edmunds and Thetford Railway (B&TR) built the Thetford to Bury St Edmunds line from Thetford to Bury St Edmunds with assistance from the Thetford and Watton Railway. The railway was authorised on 5 July 1873 and opened on 1 March 1876.2
Timeline
- 1873Founded Founded1
Links
- WikipediaBury St Edmunds and Thetford Railway
- WikidataQ5001122
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1
- 2
- 3