Saxmundham railway station

Saxmundham
The station building on Platform 1 at Saxmundham
Location
Place	Saxmundham
Local authority	Suffolk Coastal
Grid reference	TM385631
Operations
Station code	SAX
Managed by	Abellio Greater Anglia
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	112,874
2011/12	122,400
2012/13	132,418
2013/14	139,254
2014/15	139,246
History
Key dates	Opened 1859 (1859)
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Saxmundham from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Saxmundham is a railway station which serves the town of Saxmundham in Suffolk, England. It is located on the East Suffolk Line and is 22 ¹⁄₂ miles (36.2 km) north east of Ipswich.

The signalling centre for the East Suffolk line is located in the signal cabin on the Lowestoft bound platform. This formerly served as the control centre while the line was signalled using the Radio Electronic Token Block system (RETB).

The station is served by Abellio Greater Anglia, which operates services between Ipswich and Lowestoft.

A branch line which formerly ran to Aldeburgh on the coast from just north of Saxmundham is still used for traffic to the nearby Sizewell Power Stations.

Saxmundham Station circa 1901

Services

The following services currently call at Saxmundham:^[1]

Operator	Route	Material	Frequency	Notes
Abellio Greater Anglia	(Harwich International -) Ipswich - Woodbridge - Melton - Wickham Market - Saxmundham - Darsham - Halesworth - Brampton (Request Stop) - Beccles - Oulton Broad South - Lowestoft	Class 170, Class 156	1x per hour; every 2 hours on Sundays	Service to Harwich 1x per day (Mon-Fri)

A small number of services to/from Ipswich start or terminate here.

References

↑ Table 13 National Rail timetable, May 2016

External links

Train times and station information for Saxmundham railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		Following station
Darsham	Abellio Greater Anglia East Suffolk Line	Wickham Market
Historical railways
Terminus	Great Eastern Railway Aldeburgh Branch Line	Leiston Line open, station closed

Railway stations in Suffolk

Beccles Brampton Brandon Bury St Edmunds Darsham Derby Road Elmswell Felixstowe Halesworth Ipswich Lakenheath Lowestoft Melton Needham Market Newmarket Oulton Broad North Oulton Broad South Saxmundham Somerleyton Stowmarket Sudbury Thurston Trimley Westerfield Wickham Market Woodbridge

Coordinates: 52°12′54″N 1°29′24″E / 52.2150°N 1.4901°E / 52.2150; 1.4901

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