Beccles railway station

Beccles
National Rail
General information
LocationBeccles, East Suffolk
England
Coordinates52°27′31″N 1°34′11″E / 52.4586°N 1.5697°E / 52.4586; 1.5697
Grid referenceTM426904
Owned byNetwork Rail
Managed byAbellio Greater Anglia
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBCC
ClassificationDfT category F1
History
Original companyEast Suffolk Railway[1][page needed]
Pre-groupingGreat Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
4 December 1854Opened[1][page needed]
15 May 1858Closed
1 June 1859opened
31 January 1968Closed to freight
10 December 2012Passing loop opened[2]
Passengers
2018/19Increase 0.114 million
2019/20Decrease 0.110 million
2020/21Decrease 17,682
2021/22Increase 97,838
2022/23Increase 0.112 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Beccles railway station in 1963
View southward, towards Ipswich

Beccles railway station is on the East Suffolk Line in the east of England, serving the town of Beccles, Suffolk. It is 40 miles 34 chains (65.1 km) down the line from Ipswich and 109 miles 11 chains (175.6 km) measured from London Liverpool Street; it is situated between Brampton and Oulton Broad South stations. Its three-letter station code is BCC.

It is managed by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains that call.

  1. ^ a b Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  2. ^ "NetworkRail_New". Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2012.

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