Saxmundham railway station

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Saxmundham railway station is on the East Suffolk Line in the east of England, serving the town of Saxmundham, Suffolk. Situated between Template:Rws and Template:Rws, it is Script error: No such module "convert". down the line from Template:Rws, and Script error: No such module "convert". from London Liverpool Street. Its three-letter station code is SAX.

It is managed by Greater Anglia, which operates all trains serving the station.

The signalling centre for the line is located in the signal cabin on the Lowestoft-bound platform, which formerly served as the control centre while the line was signalled using the Radio Electronic Token Block (RETB) system.

A branch line, which formerly ran to Template:Rws on the coast from just north of Saxmundham, is still used for goods traffic to the nearby Sizewell nuclear power stations.

History

The station building suffered a devastating fire on 12 February 2018.[1] Following the fire, the station was renovated with a new waiting room, refurbished platform canopies, a new shelter and seating on platform 2, and an enlarged car park. A ceremony marking the completion of the refurbishment took place on 27 September 2021.[2]

Services

since December 2019Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". the typical Monday-Sunday off-peak service at Saxmundham is as follows:

Operator Route Rolling stock Typical frequency
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Trains direct to and from London Liverpool Street were withdrawn in 2010.

One weekday early morning train is extended through to Template:Rws and there is a return from there in the evening.[3]

One service terminates at Saxmundham every weekday morning: the 06:20 from Ipswich, which includes a stop at Westerfield.[4]

References

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External links

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