Place Raydon Pre-grouping Great Eastern Railway Platforms in use 1 | Area Suffolk 2 Sep 1847 Opened as Raydon | |
Original company Eastern Union & Hadleigh Junction Railway Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway Similar Capel railway station, Hadleigh railway station, Bentley (Suffolk) railway st, Bramford railway station, Claydon (Suffolk) railway st | ||
Raydon Wood railway station was a station in Suffolk, on a short branch line from Bentley Junction to Hadleigh. There was a goods shed on a passing loop which included a small siding on the south side of the station at the Bentley end.
Together with Capel it was extensively used for handling supplies in World War II for a nearby United States Army Air Forces base, later known as RAF Raydon.
The line opened in 1847 and closed to passenger traffic in 1932, with freight services lingering on until 1965.
The station building still stands and is in use as a coal merchant's depot.
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