Thurston railway station

Thurston
Location
Place Thurston
Local authority Mid Suffolk
Operations
Station code TRS
Managed by National Express East Anglia
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
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Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *  14,039
2005/06 * 19,023
2006/07 * 25,755
2007/08 * 38,387
2008/09 * 40,208
History
Opened 1846 (1846)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Thurston from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Thurston railway station serves the village of Thurston in Suffolk, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by National Express East Anglia.

It is served primarily by local services between Ipswich and Cambridge.

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History

Thurston station was opened by the Ipswich and Bury Railway in 1846 and the main building (Grade II listed and no longer in railway use) was designed by Frederick Barnes in the Jacobean style using decorative brickwork and requiring three stories to reach from ground level to the platforms on an embankment; there is an original bridge over the road adjacent.[1][2]

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 a 1 ton 10 cwt crane. H Clarke & Son had a private siding.[3]

Train Services

The following services currently call at Thurston:

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

Accidents and incidents

References

  1. ^ Biddle, Gordon (2003). Britain's Historic Railway Buildings. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-866247-5. 
  2. ^ "Thurston, Suffolk". Great Eastern Journal (103): 28–34. July 2000. 
  3. ^ Official Handbook of Stations, British Transport Commission, 1956.
  4. ^ a b Johnston, Howard. "'Vidiot' cheats death". Steam Railway (Bauer Media) (376, 28 May - 24 June 2010): p40. 
  5. ^ "Train spotter in narrow escape". BBC News Online. 14 May 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8683750.stm. Retrieved 28 May 2010. 
  6. ^ "Railway buff filming in Suffolk fails to see express". BBC News Online. 14 May 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8683750.stm. Retrieved 28 May 2010. 
  7. ^ Various authors. "That near miss video...". Steam Railway (Bauer Media) (376, 28 May - 24 June 2010): p70. 

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