Haughley railway station

Haughley
Location
Place	Haughley
Area	District of Mid Suffolk
Operations
Original company	Eastern Union Railway^[1]
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Platforms	3
History
2 Jul 1849^[1]	Opened as Haughley Junction
1866^[1]	Renamed Haughley Road
1890^[1]	Renamed Haughley
1 Jul 1923^[1]	Renamed Haughley West
Sep 1932^[1]	Renamed Haughley
1967	Closed
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Haughley railway station was located in Haughley, Suffolk on the Great Eastern Main Line between Liverpool Street Station and Norwich. It opened on 7 July 1849 named Haughley Junction and was a replacement for a station named Haughley Road which had been in service from 1846 to 1849 at location TM 02981 63319 on the line to Elmswell.^[1]

Haughley railway station also served two other lines, the line to Bury St Edmunds, Cambridge and Ely and the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway. Originally the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway's operation was confined to an adjacent but separate terminus but it was closed in 1925 when all services were diverted to the main line station .

Haughley closed with effect from 2 January 1967 as part of the Beeching Axe and most of the station building was demolished as well as the three platforms and the two signalboxes, the turntable filled in and the sidings removed. Today only the stationmaster's house remains.

Former Services

Preceding station		Following station
Finningham	Great Eastern Railway Main Line	Stowmarket
Elmswell	Great Eastern Railway	Junction
Terminus	Mid-Suffolk Light Railway Laxfield Branch	Mendlesham

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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. 115. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.

External links

Haughley station on 1946 O. S. map

Closed railway stations in Suffolk

Aldeburgh Branch	Leiston Thorpeness Aldeburgh

Framlingham Branch	Framlingham Parham Hacheston Halt Marlesford

Mid-Suffolk Light Railway	Haughley Mendlesham Brockford and Wetheringsett Aspall and Thorndon Kenton Worlingworth Horham Stradbroke Wilby Laxfield

Great Eastern Main Line	Mellis Finningham Claydon Bramford Bentley (Suffolk) Bentley Church

Felixstowe Branch Line	Felixstowe Beach Felixstowe Pier Orwell

Stour Valley Railway	Haverhill Stoke Clare Cavendish Glemsford Long Melford

Long Melford to Bury St Edmunds Branch	Lavenham Cockfield Welnetham Bury St Edmunds Eastgate

Thetford to Bury St Edmunds line	Barnham Ingham Seven Hills Halt

Cambridge to Mildenhall railway	Worlington Golf Links Halt Mildenhall

Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway	Lowestoft North Corton

Hadleigh Branch	Hadleigh Raydon Wood Capel

Eye Branch	Yaxley Halt Eye

Southwold Railway	Wenhaston Blythburgh Walberswick Southwold

Other lines	Bealings Bungay Haverhill South Haughley Haughley Road Higham Ipswich Stoke Hill Saxham & Risby Newmarket (1848 station) Newmarket Warren Hill

Coordinates: 52°13′18″N 0°59′15″E / 52.2216°N 0.9874°E / 52.2216; 0.9874

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