Raydon Wood railway station

Raydon Wood
Location
Place Raydon
Area Suffolk
Operations
Original company Eastern Union & Hadleigh Junction Railway[1]
Pre-grouping Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
History
2 Sep 1847 Opened as Raydon[1]
1 Oct 1895 Renamed Raydon Wood
29 Feb 1932 Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
UK Railways portal

Raydon Wood railway station was a station in Suffolk, on a short branch line from Bentley Junction to Hadleigh.

Former Services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Hadleigh   Hadleigh Railway   Capel

The line opened in 1847 and closed to passenger traffic in 1932, with freight services lingering on until 1965.

The station building still stands and is in use as a coal merchant's depot.

References

  1. ^ a b 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. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 

External links