Aldeburgh railway station
- Aldeburgh railway station
Infobox UK disused station
name = Aldeburgh
caption =
line = East Suffolk Railway
locale = East Anglia
borough = Suffolk
manager =
owner = London and North Eastern Railway
platforms =
latitude =
longitude =
gridref =
years = 12 April 1860
events = Station opens as Aldborough
years1 = 1 June 1875
events1 = Station renamed Aldeburgh
years2 = 12 September 1966
events2 = Station closes
Aldeburgh railway station was a station in Aldeburgh, Suffolk. It was opened in 1860 by the East Suffolk Railway, and later came under the control of the Great Eastern Railway. It was the terminus of an 8.5 mile branch line to Saxmundham. It was closed in 1966 as part of the Beeching Axe as much of the British rural rail network was cut back.
History
Opened by the East Suffolk Railway, then the it became part of the Great Eastern Railway. The Grouping of 1923 saw the line pass on to the London and North Eastern Railway. Then it joined the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
It was then closed by the British Railways Board.
The site today
Today a roundabout sits on its former site. [ [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/a/aldeburgh/index.shtml Subterranea Britannica: SB-Sites: Aldeburgh Station ] ] The branch track is still used as far as Leiston, for the removal of nuclear material from the Sizewell nuclear power stations.
Former Services
Disused Rail Start
References to Aldeburgh in Classical Music
Aldeburgh railway station was immortalised by the composer Benjamin Britten in his minor work, the string quartet The Railway Station, which was first performed at Snape Maltings.
References
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External Links
* [http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#644,258,1 Aldeburgh station on 1946 O. S. map]
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