Thurston | |
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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 from National Rail Enquiries |
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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 | |
National Rail - UK railway stations | |
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
* 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. | |
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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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]
The following services currently call at Thurston:
Operator | Route | Material | Frequency |
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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 | ||
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National Express East Anglia | ||||
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