Buntingford branch line

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The Buntingford branch line was a former rural railway line in Hertfordshire, England, that connected the town of Buntingford and nearby villages to the main rail network.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf disused railway line
railway line
category Disused railway lines in Hertfordshire
Railway lines closed in 1965
Railway lines opened in 1863
closedCompletely 1965
closedToPassengerTraffic 1964
closureReason Beeching cuts
connectedTo Great Eastern Main Line
Lea Valley lines
country England
gauge standard gauge
heritage some former stations survive as private property
some trackbed converted to footpaths
locatedIn Buntingford
East Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
St Margarets, Hertfordshire
opened 1863
openedForPassengerTraffic 1863
operatedBy British Railways
linked to: British Rail

Great Eastern Railway
London and North Eastern Railway
partOf British railway network
postGroupingCompany London and North Eastern Railway
preGroupingCompany Great Eastern Railway
primaryFunction passenger transport
regionServed Rural Hertfordshire
secondaryFunction goods transport
servedIndustry agriculture
grain traffic
local maltings
servedSettlement Braughing
Buntingford
Colliers End
Munden
St Margarets
Standon
Wareside
West Mill
Widford
status closed
successorCompany British Railways Eastern Region
terminus Buntingford railway station
St Margarets railway station
trackConfiguration single track

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Braughing railwayLine Buntingford branch line
Rayne locatedOn former Bishop’s Stortford–Braintree railway line
linked to: Buntingford branch line
Braughing railway station line Buntingford branch line
Buntingford railway station partOfLine Buntingford branch line
Buntingford railway station lineTerminusOf Buntingford branch line