Station code WCM DfT category F1 Number of platforms 1 Original company East Suffolk line | Grid reference TM326557 2011/12 32,856 | |
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Similar Saxmundham railway station, Darsham railway station, Woodbridge railway station, Felixstowe railway station, Elmhurst Park | ||
Wickham Market railway station is located in the village of Campsea Ashe in Suffolk, England, approximately two miles east of Wickham Market itself. The station is located on the Ipswich-Lowestoft East Suffolk Line.
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The station is served by Abellio Greater Anglia, who operate services between Ipswich and Lowestoft or Saxmundham.
It was formerly a junction for the Framlingham Branch. The line closed to passenger services on 1 November 1952, and to freight on 19 April 1963.
History
The railway line connecting the East Suffolk Railway (ESR) at Halesworth to an extension of the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) at Woodbridge was built by the ESR, as was the branch from Wickham Market to Framlingham. The main line and the Framlingham branch both opened on 1 June 1859, and Wickham Market station opened at the same time. The ESR was absorbed by the ECR on opening day.
On 1 July 1862, the ECR and other small railway companies amalgamated to become the Great Eastern Railway (GER). At the 1923 Grouping, the GER was amalgamated with other companies to form the London and North Eastern Railway; this in turn was a constituent of British Railways at the start of 1948.
The Framlingham branch closed to passenger trains on 3 November 1952; it retained freight services until 19 April 1965. In the meantime, the goods yard at Wickham Market closed on 13 July 1964.
With the privatisation of British Rail, ownership of the line and station passed to Railtrack on 1 April 1994. The franchise to operate the passenger services on this route was won by Anglia Railways in 1997; in 2004 National Express won the franchise and operated services using the branding 'one', which was renamed National Express East Anglia in 2008. On 5 February 2012 the operation of the train service was taken over by Abellio Greater Anglia a company run by Abellio, the trading name of Dutch railways.
Services
The following services currently call at Wickham Market:
A few services to/from Ipswich start or terminate at Saxmundham. From 9 December 2012, 1 train per hour will operate between Ipswich and Lowestoft. Brampton will be served by request only.