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Stowmarket railway station is a stop on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) in the East of England, serving the market town of Stowmarket, Suffolk.The station is 80 miles 9 chains (128.9 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street; it is situated between Needham Market to the south and Diss to the north.
Stowmarket railway station from the front. Stowmarket railway station, on the Great Eastern Main Line, is served by railway routes operated by Greater Anglia: Peterborough to Ipswich (via Ely and Bury St Edmunds); Cambridge to Ipswich (via Newmarket, Bury St Edmunds and Needham Market); and Norwich to London Liverpool Street (via Diss, Ipswich ...
The Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds Railway Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. xcvii) was granted royal assent on 21 July 1845 and the first train ran on 26 November 1846. The stations at Bramford, Claydon, Needham, Stowmarket, Haughley Road, Elmswell and Thurston all opened on this date.
Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford does not have its own railway station. Brockford was home to the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway, however this closed down in 1952. [16] The closest railway stations to Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford are in the surrounding areas of Stowmarket, Needham Market and Diss, with Stowmarket Railway Station being the closest. [17]
The I&BR station at Stowmarket station - view from the south in 2013. On 26 November 1846 the first test train ran to Bury St Edmunds with stops at most stations on the route. The Bury station had not been completed, so a temporary station on the Ipswich side of an uncompleted road bridge was used. An elaborate celebratory meal was given.
Needham Market railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) in the East of England, serving the town of Needham Market, Suffolk.It is 77 miles 7 chains (124.1 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Ipswich to the south and Stowmarket to the north.
Stowmarket railway station; Stowmarket Town F.C. Stowmarket Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry This page was last edited on 14 February 2019, at 13:24 (UTC). ...
The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway (MSLR) was a standard gauge railway intended to open up an agricultural area of central Suffolk; it took advantage of the reduced construction cost enabled by the Light Railways Act 1896. It was launched with considerable enthusiasm by local interests, and was to build a 50-mile (80 km) network, but actual share ...