Brampton (Suffolk) railway station

Brampton (Suffolk)
Location
Place	Redisham
Local authority	Waveney
Coordinates	52°23′43″N 1°32′37″E / 52.3954°N 1.5437°ECoordinates: 52°23′43″N 1°32′37″E / 52.3954°N 1.5437°E
Grid reference	TM411834
Operations
Station code	BRP
Managed by	Abellio Greater Anglia
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	6,826
2011/12	6,052
2012/13	6,628
2013/14	7,284
2014/15	8,968
History
Original company	East Suffolk Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
4 December 1854	Opened as Brampton
1 June 1928	Renamed Brampton (Suffolk)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Brampton (Suffolk) from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Brampton is a railway station serving the villages of Brampton and Redisham in Suffolk, England, which is approximately 1½ miles away. The station is located on the Ipswich-Lowestoft East Suffolk Line.

The station is served by Abellio Greater Anglia, who operate services between Ipswich and Lowestoft.

Since 9 December 2012 the station has been served by an hourly service through to Lowestoft. Trains stop by request only.

History

The station in 1963

The railway line between Halesworth and Haddiscoe was opened by the East Suffolk Railway (ESR) on 4 December 1854,^[1] and a station at Brampton was opened the same day.^[2] 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.^[3] The GER's successor, the London and North Eastern Railway, renamed the station Brampton (Suffolk) on 1 June 1928.^[2]

Services

The following services currently call at Brampton:

• 1 train per hour each way local service between Ipswich and Lowestoft

One early morning weekday service runs through to Harwich International and the last northbound train of the day returns from there. A two-hourly service each way runs on Sundays.^[4]

Bus services

The following service departs from outside the station:

• 522 Beccles - Brampton Station - Halesworth

References

1. Allen, Cecil J. (1956) [1955]. The Great Eastern Railway (2nd ed.). Hampton Court: Ian Allan. p. 216.
2. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 42. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
3. Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. pp. 127, 126, 133. CN 8983.
4. Table 13 National Rail timetable, May 2016

External links

• Train times and station information for Brampton (Suffolk) railway station from National Rail