Capel railway station explained

Capel
Status:Disused
Borough:Capel St Mary, Babergh
Country:England
Platforms:1
Original:Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction Railway
Pregroup:Great Eastern Railway
Postgroup:London and North Eastern Railway
Years:2 Sep 1847
Events:Opened
Years1:29 Feb 1932
Events1:Closed to passengers
Years2:13 July 1964
Events2:Closed 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,[1] later known as RAF Raydon.

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,[2] 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Mitchell, Vic . June 2011 . Branch Lines to Harwich and Hadleigh . Midhurst . Middleton Press . plans XI, XII and plate 107 . 978-1-908174-02-4 .
  2. News: Kindred. David. Days Gone By: Communities lost a vital lifeline when Beeching wielded his axe. 2 November 2017. Ipswich Star. 2 November 2017. Days Gone By.