Capel railway station

Capel

Site of the station in 1985
Location
Place Capel St Mary
Area Suffolk
Operations
Original company Eastern Union & Hadleigh Junction Railway[1]
Pre-grouping Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms 1
History
2 Sep 1847 Opened[1]
29 Feb 1932 Closed to passengers
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Capel railway station was a station in Capel St Mary, Suffolk, on a short branch line from Bentley Junction to Hadleigh. The station buildings were remarkably ornate for a village with a population of 649 in 1851 and 504 in 1931. There were goods sidings on the northern side of the station,which were used extensively in World War II handling supplies to a nearby United States Army Air Forces base,[2] later known as RAF Raydon.

Former Services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Raydon Wood
Line and station closed		   Great Eastern Railway
Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction Railway		   Bentley Church
Line and station closed

The line opened in 1847 and closed to passenger traffic in 1932, with freight services lingering on until 1965.

References

  1. 1 2 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. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
  2. ↑ Mitchell, Vic (June 2011). Branch Lines to Harwich and Hadleigh. Midhurst: Middleton Press. plans XI, XII and plate 107. ISBN 978 1 908174 02 4.

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Coordinates: 52°00′30″N 1°03′42″E / 52.00838°N 1.06177°E / 52.00838; 1.06177


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