Elmswell railway station

Elmswell
Elmswell railway station in 1991
Photograph by Ben Brooksbank
Location
Place Elmswell
Local authority Mid Suffolk
Operations
Station code ESW
Managed by National Express East Anglia
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *   28,663
2005/06 * 34,786
2006/07 * 36,576
2007/08 * 55,597
2008/09 * 62,894
History
24 December 1846[1] Station opens
12 December 1964 Closes to goods
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Elmswell from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Elmswell serves the village of Elmswell in Suffolk, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by National Express East Anglia.

According to the Official Handbook of Stations the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P, F, H, C and there was a 6 ton crane. Beer & Sons and St Edmundsbury Co-op had private sidings.[2]

Contents

Train Services

The following services currently call at Elmswell:

Operator Route Material Frequency
NXEA Cambridge - Dullingham - Newmarket - Kennett - Bury St Edmunds - Thurston - Elmswell - Stowmarket - Needham Market - Ipswich Class 170 1x per hour
Preceding station National Rail Following station
National Express East Anglia
Dutchflyer
Cambridge-Amsterdam
Historical railways
Line and station open
Great Eastern Railway
Line open, station closed

References

  1. ^ Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 90. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
  2. ^ Official Handbook of Stations, British Transport Commission, 1956.

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