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 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| 2 Sep 1847 | Opened as Raydon[1] |
| 1 Oct 1895 | Renamed Raydon Wood |
| 29 Feb 1932 | Closed |
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Raydon Wood railway station was a station in Suffolk, on a short branch line from Bentley Junction to Hadleigh. There was a goods shed on a passing loop which included a small siding on the south side of the station at the Bentley end.[2]
Together with Capel it was extensively used for handling supplies in World War II for a nearby United States Army Air Forces base,[2] later known as RAF Raydon.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hadleigh Line and station closed |
Great Eastern Railway Hadleigh Railway |
Capel Line and station closed | ||
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mitchell, Vic (June 2011). Branch Lines to Harwich and Hadleigh. Midhurst: Middleton Press. plan XII. ISBN 978 1 908174 02 4.
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Coordinates: 52°01′26″N 1°00′08″E / 52.0238°N 1.0021°E