Thorpeness railway station

Thorpeness railway station served the seaside resort of Thorpeness in Suffolk.

Thorpeness
Remains of the Thorpeness railway station platform
LocationThorpeness, East Suffolk
England
Coordinates52.1873°N 1.6003°E / 52.1873; 1.6003
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1914opened
12 September 1966closed

It was opened in 1914 by the Great Eastern Railway on its 8.5-mile (13.7 km) branch line from Saxmundham, and was closed in 1966 as part of the Beeching Axe.

As of 2016 the platform of the former station survives, just north of the B1353 road nearly a mile west of the coast. But it is overgrown with vegetation, and the trackbed is now a footpath.[1]

Former Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Leiston   Great Eastern Railway
Aldeburgh Branch Line
  Aldeburgh

References

  1. "Thorpeness Halt". Disused Stations. Subterranea Britannica. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
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