Saxmundham railway station

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Saxmundham National Rail
Saxmundham
The station building on platform 1 at Saxmundham
Location
Place Saxmundham
Local authority Suffolk Coastal
Operations
Station code SAX
Managed by Greater Anglia
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 * 75,255
2005/06 * increase 84,513
2006/07 * increase 95,038
2007/08 * increase 110,025
2008/09 * decrease 106,394
2009/10 * decrease 102,002
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Saxmundham from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Saxmundham is a railway station which serves the town of Saxmundham in Suffolk, England. It is located on the East Suffolk Line and is 36 km (22½ miles) east of Ipswich.

The RETB control centre for the line is located in the signal cabin on the Lowestoft bound platform.

The station is served by Greater Anglia, which operates services between Ipswich and Lowestoft.

A branch line which formerly ran to Aldeburgh on the coast from just north of Saxmundham is still used for traffic to the nearby Sizewell Power Stations.

Saxmundham Station circa 1901

[edit] Train Services

The following services currently call at Saxmundham:

Operator Route Material Frequency Notes
Greater Anglia (Harwich International -) Ipswich - Westerfield - Woodbridge - Melton - Wickham Market - Saxmundham - Darsham - Halesworth - Brampton - Beccles - Oulton Broad South - Lowestoft Class 170 Every 2 Hours Service to Harwich 1x per day
Greater Anglia Ipswich - Westerfield - Woodbridge - Melton - Wickham Market - Saxmundham Class 156 Every 2 Hours Not Sundays
Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Greater Anglia
Historical railways
Terminus Great Eastern Railway
Line open, station closed

[edit] Bus services

The following services depart from outside the rail station:

  • 196 (Saxmundham - (Peasenhall) - Yoxford - Darsham - Westleton - Dunwich - Leiston) departures at 1000, 1200 and 1400.
  • 521 (Aldeburgh - Leiston - Saxmundham - Yoxford - Darsham - Halesworth) - departures at 0940, 1240, 1610 and 1840 to Halesworth, 0812, 1102, 1402 and 1717 to Aldeburgh.

The following service departs along high street, at the stop Street Farm Road

  • 64 (Aldeburgh - Leiston - Saxmundham - Wickham Market - Woodbridge - Ipswich) - hourly departures at about xx.20 in each direction.

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Coordinates: 52°12′54″N 1°29′24″E / 52.215°N 1.490°E / 52.215; 1.490

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