Framlingham railway station

Framlingham railway station was located in Framlingham, Suffolk, UK and was the terminus station on the Framlingham Branch.

Framlingham
The former station, now retail space
LocationFramlingham, East Suffolk
England
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyEast Suffolk Railway[1]
Pre-groupingGreat Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 June 1859Opened[1]
3 November 1952Closed to passengers[1]
19 April 1965[2]Closed

It opened on 1 June 1859 and closed to passengers in 1952, and to freight in 1963. The first company to operate trains to the station was the Eastern Counties Railway, which had taken over from the East Suffolk Railway Company that built the branch line.

The station was served by trains that operated between Framlingham and Wickham Market operated by the Great Eastern Railway between 1862 and December 1922, the London and North Eastern Railway (1923 to 1947) and British Railways until the withdrawal of passenger services in November 1952.

Goods services were withdrawn on 19 April 1965.[3] 1963 [4]

The station dealt with significant goods traffic until the 1950s and also had a small single tracked engine shed where the branch engine was kept overnight. This was a sub shed belonging to the Ipswich Locomotive District and on 1 January 1922 GER Class C32 (later LNER F3) 2-4-2T no 1066 was allocated there.[5]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Terminus   Great Eastern Railway
Framlingham Branch		   Parham

References
  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. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  2. Lost Railways of East Anglia by L.Oppitz page 112
  3. BR records
  4. Great Eastern Railway Society Journal 131 pages 130-137 Stanley C Jenkins (July 2007)
  5. Hawkins, Chris; Reeves, George (1987). Great Eastern Railway Engine Shed Part 2. Didcot UK: Wild Swan. pp. 250, 377. ISBN 0 906867 48 7.


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