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The Stour Valley Railway opened on 9 August 1865 running from Cambridge via Shelford, Long Melford, Clare and Haverhill to join the current line from Sudbury to Marks Tey. The Shelford to Sudbury section was closed on 6 March 1967 as part of the Beeching Axe. During July 2005 the line received around £3 million of investment, which saw around of old jointed track replaced with new continuous welded rail. August 2006 saw further investment, to replace around of track, leaving just the Chappel Viaduct and Lamarsh to Sudbury sections in need of modernisation. This work was completed in July 2007.

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  • The Stour Valley Railway opened on 9 August 1865 running from Cambridge via Shelford, Long Melford, Clare and Haverhill to join the current line from Sudbury to Marks Tey. The Shelford to Sudbury section was closed on 6 March 1967 as part of the Beeching Axe. During July 2005 the line received around £3 million of investment, which saw around of old jointed track replaced with new continuous welded rail. August 2006 saw further investment, to replace around of track, leaving just the Chappel Viaduct and Lamarsh to Sudbury sections in need of modernisation. This work was completed in July 2007.
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  • The Stour Valley Railway opened on 9 August 1865 running from Cambridge via Shelford, Long Melford, Clare and Haverhill to join the current line from Sudbury to Marks Tey. The Shelford to Sudbury section was closed on 6 March 1967 as part of the Beeching Axe. In December 2006 the line was designated as a "Community Railway" by the Transport Minister, and is part of the Essex and South Suffolk Community Rail Partnership. The line is presently named after the painter Thomas Gainsborough who was born in Sudbury, and was previously named the Lovejoy Line, after the BBC television series filmed in the Sudbury area. All passenger services on the line are operated by Greater Anglia, which runs an approximately hourly shuttle service seven days a week. The first and last trains of the day run from and to Colchester, and one train each weekday morning runs to and from Colchester after the peak commuter services. During July 2005 the line received around £3 million of investment, which saw around of old jointed track replaced with new continuous welded rail. August 2006 saw further investment, to replace around of track, leaving just the Chappel Viaduct and Lamarsh to Sudbury sections in need of modernisation. This work was completed in July 2007. The Suffolk County Council Public Transport Strategy of February 2006 proposed the creation of an additional station for the line, at Great Cornard, approximately from Sudbury station. It was designated by the Department for Transport as a community rail line in November 2006. Official posters appeared at all stations on the line shortly before the Summer 2008 timetable came into effect on Sunday 18 May, advising travellers that the 1922 and 2008 services from Sudbury would be request stop at the intermediate statons. However, as of the 2012 timetable, all services are advertised as stopping at all stations without being request stops.
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