Thorpeness railway station

Thorpeness
Thorpeness railway station platform in 2009
General information
Location	Thorpeness, East Suffolk England
Coordinates	52°11′14″N1°36′01″E / 52.1873°N 1.6003°E / 52.1873; 1.6003
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1914	Opened
12 September 1966	Closed

Thorpeness railway station served the seaside resort of Thorpeness in Suffolk, England.

It was opened in 1914 by the Great Eastern Railway on its 8+1⁄2-mile (13.7 km) branch line from Saxmundham. It was closed in 1966 as part of the Beeching Axe. ^[1]

As of 2023 ^[update] the platform of the former station, now overgrown with vegetation, survives, just north of the B1353 road nearly a mile west of the coast. The trackbed is now a footpath. ^[2]

Former Services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Leiston		Great Eastern Railway Aldeburgh Branch Line		Aldeburgh

References

1. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 420. OCLC   931112387.
2. "Thorpeness Halt". Disused Stations. Subterranea Britannica. Retrieved 28 January 2016.

External links

• Thorpeness station on 1946 O. S. map