Kennett Railway Station

Facts and Figures

Kennett is a railway station serving the village of Kentford in Cambridgeshire, England. It opened in 1854 when the railway was extended from Newmarket to Bury St Edmunds. At its peak during the period 1860 to 1890 there was a station master and three other members of staff. From 1929 onwards the four station staff were replaced by a 'Porter-in-charge' until 1967.

During a heavy storm in 1968, the original brick bridge that crosses the River Kennett east of the station was washed away isolating the line for several days whilst a new metal structure was constructed to replace it.

The station closed to freight traffic on 28 December 1964, although a Speedlink rail service continued to serve the granary behind the station until the mid-1980s. Further east of the station a siding serves Lafarge aggregate, providing sugar stone for British Sugar.

On 2 January 1967, the station became an unstaffed halt on the Cambridge-Ipswich line and the main station buildings were demolished in 1976 after being left derelict - although, similar to Dullingham, parts of the original building remained to serve as storage for the signal box and line side maintenance; these can be found at the entrance to platform 1 and further along platform 2. The station buildings were typical of the line between Bury St Edmunds and Newmarket, with similar buildings at Saxham and Risby railway station and Higham railway station (Suffolk), the latter which still remains, consisting of a two-story station master's house adjoining a small booking hall.

Since the closure and removal of the signal box and the replacement of the semaphore signals on 11 November 2011, with the movement of signal control to Bury St Edmunds Yard following further modernisation of the line to cope with increased line capacity, a new footbridge has been constructed. In recent years the line has been upgraded to provide greater efficiency due to the increase of freight operations from Felixstowe to the midlands. The signal box was removed by road to the Colne Valley Railway in Essex.

Source: Wikipedia

Station Facts

Annual Usage Figures

Year Entry/Exit Interchange
2018 13022 0
2017 10932 0
2016 5186 0
2015 4429 0
2014 3960 0
2013 3862 0
2012 3515 0
2011 3351 0
2010 2838 0
2009 2951 0
2008 2039 0
2007 1938 0

Location Data

  • County Council: Cambridgeshire County Council
  • District Council: East Cambridgeshire District Council
  • European Region: Eastern
  • District Council Ward: Fordham Villages
  • Civil Parish/community: Kennett
  • County Council Electoral Division: Soham and Fordham Villages
  • UK Parliament Constituency: South East Cambridgeshire

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Recent Crime Figures

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