Wickham Market Railway Station

Wickham Market railway station is on the East Suffolk Line in the east of England, located in the town of Campsea Ashe, Suffolk, approximately 2mi east of Wickham Market itself. The station is 84mi down-line from London Liverpool Street via, and is situated between and. Its three-letter station code is WCM. It is managed by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains that call. Wickham Market was formerly a junction for the Framlingham branch line. The branch closed to passenger services in November 1952, and to freight in April 1963. HistoryThe railway line connecting the East Suffolk Railway (ESR) at to an extension of the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) at was built by the ESR, as was the Framlingham branch. The main line and the Framlingham branch both opened on 1 June 1859, and Wickham Market station opened at the same time. The ESR was absorbed by the ECR on opening day. On 1 July 1862, the ECR and other small railway companies were amalgamated to form the Great Eastern Railway (GER). Upon the 1923 Grouping, the GER was combined with other railways into the London and North Eastern Railway; this in turn was a constituent of British Railways at the start of 1948.

Wickham Market railway station is on the East Suffolk Line in the east of England, located in the town of Campsea Ashe, Suffolk, approximately 2mi east of Wickham Market itself. The station is 84mi down-line from London Liverpool Street via, and is situated between and. Its three-letter station code is WCM. It is managed by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains that call. Wickham Market was formerly a junction for the Framlingham branch line. The branch closed to passenger services in November 1952, and to freight in April 1963. HistoryThe railway line connecting the East Suffolk Railway (ESR) at to an extension of the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) at was built by the ESR, as was the Framlingham branch. The main line and the Framlingham branch both opened on 1 June 1859, and Wickham Market station opened at the same time. The ESR was absorbed by the ECR on opening day. On 1 July 1862, the ECR and other small railway companies were amalgamated to form the Great Eastern Railway (GER). Upon the 1923 Grouping, the GER was combined with other railways into the London and North Eastern Railway; this in turn was a constituent of British Railways at the start of 1948.