Bures railway station


Bures railway station is on the Gainsborough Line, a branch off the Great Eastern Main Line to, in the East of England, serving the village of Bures, which straddles the counties of Essex and Suffolk.
It is down the line from and measured from London Liverpool Street. It is situated between 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.

History

The station opened with the opening of the line from Marks Tey to Sudbury as part of the Stour Valley Railway on 2 July 1849.
On 12 July 1887 one person was killed at Bures when part of a runaway train collided with a crossing gate.
Today the station is managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving it, as part of the East Anglia franchise. It is unstaffed and has one platform as the line is single-track. A self-service ticket machine was installed in 2017 as part of a franchise commitment to install ticket machines at all Greater Anglia stations.
In December 2017 Bures was made a request stop during weekday off-peak times and throughout the weekend. However, from May 2019 it reverted to a regular stop with all trains calling.

Services

The typical off-peak service is as follows:
OperatorRouteRolling stockFrequencyNotes
Greater Anglia - Bures - - Class 7551x per hour