Needham Market railway station

Needham Market National Rail

Needham Market railway station in 2007
Location
Place Needham Market
Local authority Mid Suffolk
Grid reference TM091548
Operations
Station code NMT
Managed by Abellio Greater Anglia
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2011/12 Increase 77,550
2012/13 Increase 85,078
2013/14 Increase 91,358
2014/15 Increase 92,418
2015/16 Decrease 88,242
History
1846 Opened as Needham
1967 Closed
1971 Reopened as Needham Market
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Needham Market from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Needham Market railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) in the East of England, serving the town of Needham Market, Suffolk. It is 77 miles 7 chains (124.1 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Ipswich to the south and Stowmarket to the north. Its three-letter station code is NMT.

The station is currently operated by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also runs all trains serving the station. It sees regular services between Ipswich and Stowmarket, whereafter trains branch off to Cambridge via the Ipswich to Ely Line.

History

The station was originally opened with the name Needham by the Ipswich & Bury Railway in 1846. The main building, described as "one of the best in East Anglia" by Biddle, was designed in a grand Jacobean style with decorative brickwork by Frederick Barnes and was completed by the contractor, Daniel Revitt, in 1849. It was later slightly simplified, and the platforms rebuilt, by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER).

It was closed to passengers by the Eastern Region of British Railways in 1967 but reopened as Needham Market in 1971. The main building, now in alternative use, is a Grade II listed building.[1] It was restored in 2000 by Spacia Ltd, and won an award in the 2002 National Railway Heritage Awards. In April 2015 work commenced to improve the station, but this did not include making the London-bound platform wheelchair accessible.[2][3][4]

Services

The following services typically call at Needham Market:

Operator Route Rolling stock Frequency
Abellio Greater Anglia Cambridge - Dullingham - Newmarket - Kennett - Bury St. Edmunds - Thurston - Elmswell - Stowmarket - Needham Market - Ipswich Class 170 1x per hour

References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "Details from image database (436973)". Images of England.
  2. ↑ http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/nmt/details.html
  3. ↑ Biddle, Gordon (2003). Britain's Historic Railway Buildings. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-866247-5.
  4. ↑ Sore, Ray (January 1999). "The railway at Needham (Market)". Great Eastern Journal (97): 3–13.

Coordinates: 52°09′09″N 1°03′19″E / 52.1526°N 1.0554°E / 52.1526; 1.0554

Preceding station National Rail Following station
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Historical railways
Great Eastern Railway
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