Wickham Market railway station

Wickham Market National Rail
Location
Place Campsea Ashe
Local authority Suffolk Coastal
Coordinates 52°09′04″N 1°23′55″E / 52.1510°N 1.3987°ECoordinates: 52°09′04″N 1°23′55″E / 52.1510°N 1.3987°E
Grid reference TM326557
Operations
Station code WCM
Managed by Abellio Greater Anglia
Number of platforms 1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  18,910
2005/06 Decrease18,880
2006/07 Increase25,203
2007/08 Increase28,767
2008/09 Decrease28,524
2009/10 Increase28,810
2010/11 Increase29,682
2011/12 Increase32,856
2012/13 Increase38,900
History
Original company East Suffolk Railway
Pre-grouping Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
1 June 1859 Station opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Wickham Market from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Wickham Market railway station is located in the village of Campsea Ashe in Suffolk, England, approximately two miles east of Wickham Market itself. The station is located on the Ipswich-Lowestoft East Suffolk Line.

The station is served by Abellio Greater Anglia, who operate services between Ipswich and Lowestoft or Saxmundham.

It was formerly a junction for the Framlingham Branch. The line closed to passenger services on 1 November 1952, and to freight on 19 April 1963.[1]

History

The railway line connecting the East Suffolk Railway (ESR) at Halesworth to an extension of the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) at Woodbridge was built by the ESR, as was the branch from Wickham Market to Framlingham.[2] The main line and the Framlingham branch both opened on 1 June 1859,[2] and Wickham Market station opened at the same time.[3] The ESR was absorbed by the ECR on opening day.[2]

On 1 July 1862, the ECR and other small railway companies amalgamated to become the Great Eastern Railway (GER).[4] At the 1923 Grouping, the GER was amalgamated with other companies to form the London and North Eastern Railway;[5] this in turn was a constituent of British Railways at the start of 1948.

The Framlingham branch closed to passenger trains on 3 November 1952; it retained freight services until 19 April 1965.[6] In the meantime, the goods yard at Wickham Market closed on 13 July 1964.[7]

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. On 5 February 2012 the operation of the train service was taken over by Abellio Greater Anglia a company run by Abellio, the trading name of Dutch railways.

Train services

The following services currently call at Wickham Market:

Operator Route Material Frequency Notes
Abellio Greater Anglia (Harwich International -) Ipswich - Westerfield - Woodbridge - Melton - Wickham Market - Saxmundham - Darsham - Halesworth - Brampton - Beccles - Oulton Broad South - Lowestoft Class 170 Every 1 Hour Service to Harwich 1x per day

A few services to/from Ipswich start or terminate at Saxmundham. From 9 December 2012, 1 train per hour will operate between Ipswich and Lowestoft. Brampton will be served by request only.[8]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Abellio Greater Anglia
Disused railways
TerminusGreat Eastern Railway
Line and station closed

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