Saxham and Risby railway station

Saxham & Risby
Location
Place Risby, Suffolk
Area Suffolk
Operations
Original company Great Eastern Railway
Platforms 2
History
1 Apr 1854 Opened as
Saxham[1]
? Renamed
Saxham and Risby[1]
2 Jan 1967 Closed to passengers
28 Dec 1964

Closed to goods

[2]
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
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Saxham & Risby railway station was a station serving Risby in the English county of Suffolk. It was opened by the Great Eastern Railway. It was not particularly near either of the places it served with Risby being about a mile to the north and Saxham a couple of mile to the south.

According to the Official Handbook of Stations the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P, F, L, H, C. and there was no crane. Calor Gas had a private siding there. [3]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Bury St Edmunds
Line and station open		   Great Eastern Railway
Ipswich-Cambridge/Peterborough		   Higham
Line open, station closed

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. 
  2. ^ Clinker, C.R., (1978) Clinker’s Register of Closed Station, Avon Anglia ISBN 0 905466 19 5
  3. ^ Official Handbook of Stations, British Transport Commission, 1956

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