Saxmundham railway station

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General information
Location	Suffolk Coastal
Managed by	Abellio Greater Anglia
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SAX
History
Opened	1859

Saxmundham station, c. 1901

Saxmundham railway station is on the East Suffolk Line in the east of England, serving the town of Saxmundham, Suffolk. It is 22 miles 29 chains (36.0 km) down the line from Ipswich and 91 miles 11 chains (146.7 km) measured from London Liverpool Street; it is situated between Wickham Market and Darsham. Its three-letter station code is SAX.

It is managed by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains that call.

The signalling centre for the line is located in the signal cabin on the Lowestoft-bound platform at Saxmundham. This formerly served as the control centre while the line was signalled using the Radio Electronic Token Block (RETB) system.

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

Services

As of December 2016 the typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service at Saxmundham is as follows:

Operator	Route	Rolling stock	Typical frequency
Abellio Greater Anglia	Lowestoft - Oulton Broad South - Beccles - Brampton (on request) - Halesworth - Darsham - Saxmundham - Wickham Market - Melton - Woodbridge - Ipswich	Class 153, Class 156, Class 170	1x per hour in each direction

On Sundays frequency reduces to one train every two hours in each direction. Trains direct to and from London Liverpool Street were withdrawn in 2010.

One weekday early-morning train is extended through to Harwich International and there is a return from there in the evening.

External links

• Train times and station information for Saxmundham railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Darsham		Abellio Greater Anglia East Suffolk Line		Wickham Market
Historical railways
Terminus		Great Eastern Railway Aldeburgh Branch Line		Leiston Line open, station closed