Place Thurston Station code TRS DfT category F2 Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference TL918650 Managed by Abellio Greater Anglia 2011/12 53,930 | |
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Address Thurston, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31 3NS, United Kingdom Similar Dullingham railway station, Kennett railway station, Stowmarket Railway Station, Needham Market railway st, Harwich International railway st | ||
Thurston railway station serves the village of Thurston in Suffolk, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Abellio Greater Anglia.
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It is served primarily by local services between Ipswich and Cambridge.
History
Thurston station was opened by the Ipswich and Bury Railway in 1846. The main building was designed by Frederick Barnes in the Jacobean style using decorative brickwork. The building required three stories to reach the platforms from ground level owing to the station's location on an embankment. The building is Grade II listed and is no longer in railway use. Adjacent to the station building is an original bridge over the road.
According to the Official Handbook of Stations the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P, F, L, H, C and there was a 1-ton 10 cwt crane. H Clarke & Son had a private siding.
Train services
The following services currently call at Thurston:
Videoing trainspotter incident
On 8 May 2010, a trainspotter was on an opposite platform to video a train hauled by steam locomotive 70013 Oliver Cromwell. In doing so, he narrowly avoided being struck by a service train operated by a Class 170 multiple unit travelling non-stop in the other direction. The actions of the man, dubbed by the railway press as a "vidiot" drew widespread condemnation from fellow enthusiasts and industry professionals alike.