Woodbridge railway station

For other places with the same name, see Woodbridge Station (disambiguation).
Woodbridge
Location
Place Woodbridge
Local authority Suffolk Coastal
Grid reference TM273487
Operations
Station code WDB
Managed by National Express East Anglia
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *  72,129
2005/06 * 83,583
2006/07 * 97,465
2007/08 * 114,036
2008/09 * 115,888
2009/10 * 115,940
History
Original company East Suffolk Railway
Pre-grouping Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
1 June 1859 Station opened
18 April 1966 Closed to freight
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Woodbridge from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Woodbridge is a railway station serving the town of Woodbridge in Suffolk. The station is located on the East Suffolk Line (Ipswich-Lowestoft).

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History

The railway line connecting the East Suffolk Railway (ESR) at Halesworth with the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) at Ipswich was built in two parts: the portion of this line south of Woodbridge was built by the ECR; Woodbridge station and the portion of line north of there was built by the ESR.[1] The line opened on 1 June 1859,[1] and Woodbridge 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 goods yard closed on 18 April 1966.[5]

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 station is served by National Express East Anglia, who operate services between Ipswich and Lowestoft. All services are operated by diesel multiple units of Classes 156 or 170.

The main service operates between Ipswich and Lowestoft every 2 hours. Between Ipswich and Saxmundham there is a train every hour. There is 1 train per day to Harwich International to connect with the Stena Line ferry to Hoek van Holland.

The following services currently call at Woodbridge:

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
Historical railways
Line and station open
 Great Eastern Railway
Line open, station closed

Bus services

These services depart from outside the station:

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Allen 1956, p. 216.
  2. ^ Butt 1995, p. 253.
  3. ^ Allen 1956, p. 46.
  4. ^ Allen 1956, p. 199.
  5. ^ McCarthy, McCarthy & Cobb 2007, p. 112.

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