General information | |||||
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Location | Bures, Braintree England | ||||
Coordinates | 51°58′16″N 0°46′08″E / 51.971°N 0.769°E | ||||
Grid reference | TL903338 | ||||
Managed by | Greater Anglia | ||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | BUE | ||||
Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 2 July 1849 | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 60,432 | ||||
2019/20 | 58,024 | ||||
2020/21 | 8,626 | ||||
2021/22 | 35,712 | ||||
2022/23 | 45,068 | ||||
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Bures railway station is on the Gainsborough Line, a branch off the Great Eastern Main Line to Sudbury, in the East of England, serving the village of Bures, which straddles the counties of Essex and Suffolk.
It is 6 miles 76 chains (11.18 km) down the line from Marks Tey and 53 miles 45 chains (86.20 km) from London Liverpool Street, between Chappel & Wakes Colne to the south and Sudbury to the north. Its three-letter station code is BUE. The platform has an operational length for four-coach trains.[1]