page_title: Buntingford branch line
section_title: From 1923
hierarchical_section_title: Buntingford branch line / From 1923
caption_attribution_description: English: Braughing Station. View northward, towards Buntingf0rd; ex-GER St Margaret's - Buntingford branch. Station closed when passenger service ceased on branch on 16/11/64, completely on 20/9/65
context_page_description: The Buntingford branch line in Hertfordshire, England connected Buntingford to the railway network at St Margarets. It was promoted locally and opened in 1863 after overspending its available capital. The line was completed with the assistance of the neighbouring Great Eastern Railway. Residential travel and goods services became significant at the end of the 19th century. The area served by the line was predominantly agricultural, and after 1948 usage did not keep pace with rising costs. When the Hertford East branch was electrified, Buntingford branch trains were reduced in frequency and quality. The line was recommended for closure in the Beeching Report, and the passenger service was withdrawn in 1964; goods services closed in 1965.
  The line was informally known as The Bunt by the workers on the line.
context_section_description: In 1953 a film, including location shots was made at Braughing.  The film was set in an Irish village called Rathbarney, and Braughing station was made to resemble the fictitious station. The film had the working title O'Leary Night, but was released in 1954 as Happy Ever After; it also had the title Tonight's The night.
  Sunday services were withdrawn from the passenger timetable after 18 September 1955.
  From 15 June 1959, diesel multiple units were introduced on the passenger services; for some time they were unreliable. Through trains to London from the branch were withdrawn at this time. In 1960 the Hertford East branch was electrified effective from 21 November 1960 and the Buntingford branch timetable was altered to suit connections with the electric trains in the morning and evening peaks, except on Saturdays.
  In 1961 another film was shot on the branch: West Mill station was used to film Postman's Knock. Spike Milligan played a naive country postman who unwittingly foils an attempted train robbery.
caption: Braughing railway station
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