Capel railway station

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Coordinates: 52°00′30″N 1°03′42″E / 52.00838°N 1.06177°E / 52.00838; 1.06177
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Capel
Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction Railway[1]
Pre-groupingGreat Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
2 Sep 1847Opened[1]
29 Feb 1932Closed to passengers
13 July 1964closed for freight

Capel railway station was a station in Capel St Mary, Suffolk, on a short branch line from Bentley Junction to Hadleigh. The station buildings were remarkably ornate for a village with a population of 649 in 1851 and 504 in 1931. There were goods sidings on the northern side of the station, which were used extensively in World War II handling supplies to a nearby United States Army Air Forces base,[2] later known as RAF Raydon.

Former Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Raydon Wood
Line and station closed 		 
Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction Railway
  
Bentley (Suffolk)

Line and station closed

The line opened in 1847 and closed to passenger traffic in 1932 and for freight services in 1964 a year before closure of the line. As the railway line through the station crossed the A12 road at a level-crossing,[3] when the road was widened in the early 1970s the station was demolished. Capel Station Garage and car repairs workshop now occupies part of the site.

References

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  2. ISBN 978-1-908174-02-4
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  3. ^ Kindred, David (2 November 2017). "Days Gone By: Communities lost a vital lifeline when Beeching wielded his axe". Ipswich Star. Retrieved 2 November 2017.

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