Eye railway station was located in Eye, Suffolk on a branch from Mellis. It was 94 miles 24 chains (151.8 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street.[2] It was closed to passengers on 2 February 1931 and to goods on 13 July 1964.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Yaxley Halt | Great Eastern Railway Eye Branch |
Terminus |
Eye | |
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![]() Site of the station (1997) | |
General information | |
Location | Eye, Mid Suffolk England |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Mellis and Eye Railway[1] |
Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
Key dates | |
2 Apr 1867 | Opened[1] |
2 Feb 1931 | Closed for passengers [1] |
13 July 1964 | Closed for freight |
In the 1840s, the town leaders of Eye unsuccessfully lobbied to have the new main line from London to Norwich run through Eye - instead, the line was routed through nearby Diss, which had an enormous effect on the prosperity and growth of that town. Eye got its own station on a later branch line, of much less importance, opening some time later.
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Aldeburgh branch | |
Framlingham branch | |
Mid-Suffolk Light Railway | |
Great Eastern Main Line | |
Felixstowe branch line | |
Stour Valley Railway | |
Long Melford to Bury St Edmunds branch | |
Thetford to Bury St Edmunds line | |
Cambridge to Mildenhall railway | |
Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway | |
Hadleigh branch | |
Eye Branch | |
Southwold Railway | |
Other lines |