Bury St Edmunds railway station
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| Bury St Edmunds | |
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| The station entrance | |
| Location | |
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| Place | Bury St Edmunds |
| Local authority | St Edmundsbury |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BSE |
| Managed by | National Express East Anglia |
| Platforms in use | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail | |
| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 0.211 million |
| 2005/06 * | 0.241 million |
| 2006/07 * | 0.275 million |
| History | |
| Opened 1847 | |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bury St Edmunds from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |
Bury St Edmunds railway station serves the town of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, England. The station, and all trains calling there, are operated by National Express East Anglia.
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[edit] Historical Services
According to the Official Handbook of Stations the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P, F, L, H, C and there was a 9 ton crane. Private sidings were operated by British Sugar, Burlingham & Son, J Gough & Son, Ridley Coal & Iron and H A& D Taylor.[1]
[edit] Architecture and layout
Designed by Sancton Wood (the architect also of Ipswich and Cambridge railway stations as well as many stations in Ireland, the principal of which is Heuston Station, Dublin), the station was formally inaugurated in November 1847, eleven months after the opening of the Eastern Union Railway's line from Ipswich.
The most noteworthy feature of the station, which is constructed of red brick with stone dressings, is a pair of towers (originally linked by an overall roof, removed in 1893) on either side of the tracks at the eastern end of the layout. As first built – as a terminus – the station had four tracks, although in practice only one platform was used before the line was extended to Newmarket in 1854. Today a wide space separates the two surviving through tracks, which serve Platform 2 (for trains from Ipswich) and Platform 1 (called at by those heading east).[2][3]
The semi-elliptical brick arch bridge over Northgate Road to the east of the station, which like the station building is a Grade II listed building, has been credited to Frederick Barnes and Charles Russell.
[edit] Derailment
Due to the freight train derailment on a bridge near Ely in June 2007, trains to Peterborough from London (via Ipswich) were terminating at Bury St Edmunds while the bridge was rebuilt. Train services resumed on 21 December 2007.
[edit] Services
There are hourly local trains (Mon-Sat) to Cambridge and Ipswich and every second hour a semi-fast service runs to London Liverpool St (via Ipswich & Colchester) and to Ely & Peterborough. Two Ipswich-bound stopping trains (Mon-Fri, one each way on weekends) are extended through to Harwich International.
On Sundays there are two-hourly services on both routes.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Kennett | National Express East Anglia Ipswich to Ely Line |
Thurston | ||
| Ely | National Express East Anglia Peterborough – Ipswich |
Stowmarket | ||
| Kennett | Dutchflyer Cambridge-Amsterdam |
Stowmarket | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Ingham | Great Eastern Railway Thetford-Bury St Edmunds Line |
Terminus | ||
| Bury St Edmunds Eastgate | Great Eastern Railway Long Melford-Bury St Edmunds Branch |
Terminus | ||
[edit] References
- ^ Official Handbook of Stations, British Transport Commission, 1956.
- ^ Biddle, Gordon (2003). Britain's Historic Railway Buildings. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-866247-5.
- ^ "Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk". Great Eastern Journal (106): 23–9. 2001 April.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Bury St Edmunds railway station from National Rail
