Thorpeness railway station served the seaside resort of Thorpeness in Suffolk.
Thorpeness | |
|---|---|
Remains of the Thorpeness railway station platform | |
| General information | |
| Location | Thorpeness, East Suffolk England |
| Coordinates | 52.1873°N 1.6003°E / 52.1873; 1.6003 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1914 | opened |
| 12 September 1966 | closed |
It was opened in 1914 by the Great Eastern Railway on its 8.5-mile (13.7 km) branch line from Saxmundham, and was closed in 1966 as part of the Beeching Axe.
As of 2016[update] the platform of the former station survives, just north of the B1353 road nearly a mile west of the coast. But it is overgrown with vegetation, and the trackbed is now a footpath.[1]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leiston | Great Eastern Railway Aldeburgh Branch Line |
Aldeburgh |
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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 | |