Buntingford branch line

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Buntingford West Mill Braughing Standon Hadham Widford Mardock Hertford East branch line St Margarets A414 road Rye House West Anglia Main Line to Cambridge Broxbourne West Anglia Main Line to Liverpool Street

The Buntingford branch line in Hertfordshire, England, connected Buntingford to the railway network at St Margarets. It was promoted locally and opened in 1863 after overspending its available capital. The line was completed with the assistance of the neighbouring Great Eastern Railway. Residential travel and goods services became significant at the end of the 19th century. The area served by the line was predominantly agricultural, and after 1948 usage did not keep pace with rising costs. When the Hertford East branch was electrified, Buntingford branch trains were reduced in frequency with through trains to London withdrawn. The line was recommended for closure in the Beeching Report, and the passenger service was withdrawn in 1964; goods services closed in 1965.

The line was informally known as The Bunt by the workers on the line.^[1]