Capel railway station
Capel | |
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Site of the station in 1985 | |
Location | |
Place | Capel St Mary |
Area | Suffolk |
Operations | |
Original company | Eastern Union & Hadleigh Junction Railway[1] |
Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
Platforms | 1 |
History | |
2 Sep 1847 | Opened[1] |
29 Feb 1932 | Closed to passengers |
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z | |
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Capel railway station was a station in Capel St Mary, Suffolk, on a short branch line from Bentley Junction to Hadleigh. The station buildings were remarkably ornate for a village with a population of 649 in 1851 and 504 in 1931. There were goods sidings on the northern side of the station,which were used extensively in World War II handling supplies to a nearby United States Army Air Forces base,[2] later known as RAF Raydon.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Raydon Wood Line and station closed |
Great Eastern Railway Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction Railway |
Bentley (Suffolk) Line and station closed |
The line opened in 1847 and closed to passenger traffic in 1932, with freight services lingering on until 1965. As the railway line through the station crossed the A12 road at a level-crossing[3], when the road was widened in the 1960s the station was demolished. Capel Station Garage and car repairs workshop now occupies part of the site.
References
- 1 2 Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
- ↑ Mitchell, Vic (June 2011). Branch Lines to Harwich and Hadleigh. Midhurst: Middleton Press. plans XI, XII and plate 107. ISBN 978 1 908174 02 4.
- ↑ Kindred, David (2 November 2017). "Days Gone By: Communities lost a vital lifeline when Beeching wielded his axe". Ipswich Star. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
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Coordinates: 52°00′30″N 1°03′42″E / 52.00838°N 1.06177°E