1967 Closure of the Cambridge to Sudbury British Rail line

1995 Formation of the 'Cambridge-Sudbury Rail Renewal Association'.

1996-7 Association Members survey former rail-track and seek views of the public. Raised funds & received grants from Sudbury & Haverhill Town Councils fora Pre-feasibility Study.

1998 Pre-feasibility Study commissioned. Carried out by Handley Partnership.

1999 Study published, showing feasibility of renewal in engineering terms of a single-track railway with passing loops.

2000 Association reported on Study in meeting with local authorities, who commended Study, but called for a full Feasibility Study.

2000-02 Association conducts Petition in Cambridge, Haverhill, Clare, Long Melford & Sudbury, gaining 11,400 signatures: presented to Minister for Transport & to Cambridgeshire, Suffolk & Essex County Councils. Made appeals to national local authorities for funding ‑ with mixed success.

2003 The Association resolved to form The Cambridge to Colchester Railway Development Company Limited. Gained grants from St. Edmundsbury B.C. & Suffolk C.C. towards Stage I (Market Research) of full Feasibility Study, and commissioned Wilson, Lee & Partners to carry out Research into Cambridge to Haverhill section of the rail-route. Report of this research showed over 72% of respondents would travel on the restored Railway. (6,000 or more Haverhill-Cambridge single journeys per week.)

2007 Association members interview scores of people in Haverhill and Sudbury town centres. Find support for Cambridge to Colchester railway enthusiastic.

MAIN public verdict on the RAILWAY : How soon can we have it?

2008 -  We understand that the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) are minded to investigate the merit of reopening RAIL LINES to large towns at present with no rail-link to the national network. HAVERHILL, with over 22,000 people should be one of these towns !