Brampton railway station (Suffolk) explained

Brampton
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Redisham, East Suffolk
Country:England
Coordinates:52.3954°N 1.5437°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:Abellio Greater Anglia
Platforms:1
Code:BRP
Classification:DfT category F1
Original:East Suffolk Railway
Pregroup:Great Eastern Railway
Postgroup:London and North Eastern Railway
Years:4 December 1854
Events:Opened as Brampton
Years1:15 May 1858
Events1:closed
Years2:1 June 1859
Events2:opened
Years3:1 June 1928
Events3:Renamed Brampton (Suffolk)
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Brampton railway station is on the East Suffolk Line in the east of England, serving the villages of Brampton, Redisham and surrounding hamlets in Suffolk. It is 35chain70chain down the line from and 104chain49chain measured from London Liverpool Street; it is situated between and . It is commonly suffixed as Brampton (Suffolk) in order to distinguish it from the station of the same name in Cumbria.

Brampton and the line typically sees one train per hour in each direction between Ipswich and . It is managed by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also operates all the trains.[1]

History

The railway line between Halesworth and was opened by the East Suffolk Railway (ESR) on 4 December 1854,[2] and the station at Brampton was opened on the same day.[3]

The ESR was absorbed by the Eastern Counties Railway in 1859, which in turn was amalgamated with other railways to form the Great Eastern Railway (GER) in 1862.[4] The GER's successor, the London and North Eastern Railway, added the county suffix "Brampton (Suffolk)" on 1 June 1928.

The station featured in 'No Trace of Tracy', the fourth episode of the first series of Jonathan Creek.

Services

the typical Monday-Sunday off-peak service at Brampton is as follows:

One weekday early-morning train is extended through to and there is a return from there in the evening.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brampton (Suffolk) Railway Station (BRP) - The ABC Railway Guide. Stuff. Good. abcrailwayguide.uk. 2017-07-12.
  2. Book: Allen, Cecil J. . Cecil J. Allen . The Great Eastern Railway . 2nd . 1956 . 1955 . . Hampton Court . 216 .
  3. Book: Butt, R.V.J. . The Directory of Railway Stations . 1995 . Patrick Stephens Ltd . Yeovil . 1-85260-508-1 . R508 . 42 .
  4. Book: Awdry, Christopher . Christopher Awdry . Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies . 1990 . Guild Publishing . London . CN 8983 . 127, 126, 133 .