Thorpeness railway station explained

Thorpeness
Status:Disused
Borough:Thorpeness, East Suffolk
Country:England
Coordinates:52.1873°N 1.6003°W
Platforms:1
Original:Great Eastern Railway
Postgroup:London and North Eastern Railway
Years:1914
Events:Opened
Years2:12 September 1966
Events2:Closed

Thorpeness railway station served the seaside resort of Thorpeness in Suffolk, England.

It was opened in 1914 by the Great Eastern Railway on its 8.5miles branch line from . It was closed in 1966 as part of the Beeching Axe.[1]

the platform of the former station, now overgrown with vegetation, survives, just north of the B1353 road nearly a mile west of the coast. The trackbed is now a footpath.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Quick, M. E.. Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. 2002. Railway and Canal Historical Society. Richmond. 420. 931112387.
  2. Web site: Thorpeness Halt. Disused Stations. Subterranea Britannica. 2016-01-28.