Saxmundham railway station

Saxmundham
Saxmundham
	Saxmundham railway station
Location
Place	Saxmundham
Local authority	Suffolk Coastal
Grid reference	TM385631
Operations
Station code	SAX
Managed by	Abellio Greater Anglia
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F1
	Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections; from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13	132,418
2013/14	139,254
2014/15	139,246
2015/16	147,346
2016/17	152,074
History
Key dates	Opened 1859
	National Rail – UK railway stations
	* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Saxmundham from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
	UK Railways portal

Saxmundham station, c. 1901

Saxmundham railway station is on the East Suffolk Line in the east of England, serving the town of Saxmundham, Suffolk. It is 22 miles 29 chains (36.0 km) down the line from Ipswich and 91 miles 11 chains (146.7 km) measured from London Liverpool Street; it is situated between Wickham Market and Darsham. Its three-letter station code is SAX.

It is managed by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains that call.

The signalling centre for the line is located in the signal cabin on the Lowestoft-bound platform at Saxmundham. This 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 Aldeburgh on the coast from just north of Saxmundham is still used for goods traffic to the nearby Sizewell nuclear power stations.

Services

As of December 2016 the typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service at Saxmundham is as follows:

Operator	Route	Rolling stock	Typical frequency
Abellio Greater Anglia	Lowestoft - Oulton Broad South - Beccles - Brampton (on request) - Halesworth - Darsham - Saxmundham - Wickham Market - Melton - Woodbridge - Ipswich	Class 153, Class 156, Class 170	1x per hour in each direction

On Sundays frequency reduces to one train every two hours in each direction. Trains direct to and from London Liverpool Street were withdrawn in 2010.

One weekday early-morning train is extended through to Harwich International and there is a return from there in the evening.^[1]

References

↑ Table 13 National Rail timetable, May 2016

External links

Train times and station information for Saxmundham railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		Following station
Darsham	Abellio Greater Anglia East Suffolk Line	Wickham Market
Historical railways
Terminus	Great Eastern Railway Aldeburgh Branch Line	Leiston Line open, station closed

Coordinates: 52°12′54″N 1°29′24″E / 52.2150°N 1.4901°E / 52.2150; 1.4901

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[1] Table 13 National Rail timetable, May 2016