Needham Market railway station
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The station is currently operated by Greater Anglia, which also runs all passenger trains serving the station. It is served by one train per hour between Ipswich and Template:Rws. It is the only station on the GEML with no direct services to London, with passengers instead having to change at Ipswich.
The station appears in Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations by Simon Jenkins.[1]
History
The station was originally opened as Needham by the Ipswich & Bury Railway in 1846. The main building, described as "one of the best in East Anglia" by Biddle, was designed in a grand Jacobean style with decorative brickwork by Frederick Barnes and was completed by the contractor, Daniel Revitt, in 1849. It was later slightly simplified, and the platforms rebuilt, by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER).
The station was closed by the Eastern Region of British Railways in 1967 but reopened as Needham Market in 1971. The main building, now in alternative use, is a Grade II listed building.[2] It was restored in 2000 by Spacia Ltd and won an award in the 2002 National Railway Heritage Awards. In April 2015 work commenced to improve the station, including the installation of an anti-slip composite fibreglass platform[3] (Dura Platform) which features a patented design with in-built water management and snow-melting capabilities. However, this did not include making the southbound platform wheelchair accessible.[4][5][6]
Services
The following services typically call at Needham Market:
| Operator | Route | Rolling stock | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abellio Greater Anglia | Cambridge - Dullingham - Newmarket - Kennett - Bury St. Edmunds - Thurston - Elmswell - Stowmarket - Needham Market - Ipswich | Class 755 | 1x per hour |
| Preceding station | National Rail National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Anglia | ||||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Great Eastern Railway | ||||
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References
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- Railway stations in Suffolk
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