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 (41 & 42 Vict. c. clxxv).
The line was long with the journey taking just under 30 minutes.
See also Thetford to Bury St Edmunds line
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