Melton railway station

For the railway station in Australia, see Melton railway station, Melbourne.
Melton
The single platform at Melton
Location
Place Melton
Local authority Suffolk Coastal
Grid reference TM284503
Operations
Station code MES
Managed by National Express East Anglia
Number of platforms 1
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *   20,559
2005/06 * 27,590
2006/07 * 33,645
2007/08 * 36,727
2008/09 * 42,460
2009/10 * 40,012
History
Original company East Suffolk Railway
Pre-grouping Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
1 June 1859 Station opened
2 May 1955 Closed to passengers
1 June 1972 Closed to freight
3 September 1984 Reopened for passengers
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Melton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Melton is a railway station serving the village of Melton in Suffolk, England. The station is located on the Ipswich-Lowestoft East Suffolk Line. The station was opened in 1859 but was closed in 1955 and remained closed until 1984 when, after a local campaign, the station was re-opened.

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History

The railway line connecting the East Suffolk Railway (ESR) at Halesworth to an extension of the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) at Woodbridge was built by the ESR.[1] The line opened on 1 June 1859,[1] and Melton station opened with the line.[2] The ESR was absorbed by the ECR on opening day.[1]

On 1 July 1862, the ECR and other small railway companies amalgamated to become the Great Eastern Railway (GER).[3] At the 1923 Grouping, the GER was amalgamated with other companies to form the London and North Eastern Railway;[4] this in turn was a constituent of British Railways at the start of 1948.

The station closed to passengers on 2 May 1955;[2] the goods yard closed on 1 June 1972, although private sidings remained open for domestic coal traffic;[5] and the station was reopened for passengers on 3 September 1984.[2]

With the privatisation of British Rail, ownership of the line and station passed to Railtrack on 1 April 1994. The franchise to operate the passenger services on this route was won by Anglia Railways in 1997; in 2004 National Express won the franchise and operated services using the branding 'one', which was renamed National Express East Anglia in 2008.

Train Services

The following services currently call at Melton:

Operator Route Material Frequency Notes
NXEA (Harwich International -) Ipswich - Westerfield - Woodbridge - Melton - Wickham Market - Saxmundham - Darsham - Halesworth - Brampton - Beccles - Oulton Broad South - Lowestoft Class 170 Every 2 Hours Service to Harwich 1x per day
NXEA Ipswich - Westerfield - Woodbridge - Melton - Wickham Market - Saxmundham Class 156 Every 2 Hours Not Sundays
Preceding station National Rail Following station
National Express East Anglia

Future

In 2012 when a new passing loop is opened at Beccles then an hourly service between Ipswich and Lowestoft will operate.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Allen 1956, p. 216.
  2. ^ a b c Butt 1995, p. 157.
  3. ^ Allen 1956, p. 46.
  4. ^ Allen 1956, p. 199.
  5. ^ McCarthy, McCarthy & Cobb 2007, p. 110.

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