Bures railway station

Bures
National Rail
Bures station in 2016
General information
LocationBures, Braintree
England
Coordinates51°58′16″N 0°46′08″E / 51.971°N 0.769°E / 51.971; 0.769
Grid referenceTL903338
Managed byGreater Anglia
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeBUE
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Opened2 July 1849
Passengers
2018/19Increase 60,432
2019/20Decrease 58,024
2020/21Decrease 8,626
2021/22Increase 35,712
2022/23Increase 45,068
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Bures railway station in 1966

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]

  1. ^ Brailsford, Martyn (2016). Railway Track Diagrams Volume 2 Eastern. Frome: Trackmaps. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-9549866-8-1.