Needham Market railway station
Railway station in Suffolk, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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. Its three-letter station code is NMT.
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Location | Needham Market, Mid Suffolk England | ||||
Grid reference | TM091548 | ||||
Managed by | Abellio Greater Anglia | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
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Station code | NMT | ||||
Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
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1846 | Opened as Needham | ||||
2 January 1967 | Closed | ||||
6 December 1971 | Reopened as Needham Market | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 102,320 | ||||
2019/20 | 100,754 | ||||
2020/21 | 33,484 | ||||
2021/22 | 79,196 | ||||
2022/23 | 94,148 | ||||
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The station is currently operated by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also runs all trains serving the station. It sees regular services between Ipswich and Stowmarket, whereafter trains branch off to Cambridge via the Ipswich to Ely Line. No main line London trains call.
The station appears in Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations by Sir Simon Jenkins.[1]