Sudbury railway station

Sudbury
National Rail
Entrance to the station, 2011
General information
LocationSudbury, Babergh
England
Coordinates52°02′10″N 0°44′06″E / 52.036°N 0.735°E / 52.036; 0.735
Grid referenceTL876410
Managed byGreater Anglia
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeSUY
ClassificationDfT category F1
Passengers
2018/19Increase 0.334 million
2019/20Increase 0.335 million
2020/21Decrease 61,846
2021/22Increase 0.224 million
2022/23Increase 0.279 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Sudbury railway station is the northern terminus of the Gainsborough Line, a branch off the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England, serving the town of Sudbury, Suffolk. It is 11 miles 67 chains (19.05 km) down the line from the southern terminus of Marks Tey and 58 miles 32 chains (93.99 km) measured from London Liverpool Street; the preceding station on the branch is Bures. Its three-letter station code is SUY. The platform has an operational length for two-coach trains.[1]

The station is currently operated by Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving it, as part of the East Anglia franchise. Sudbury is an unstaffed station with one platform as the line is single-track, and with a self-service ticket machine.

Volunteers from Sudbury In Bloom man the station, which is annually entered into the Anglia In Bloom station competition; it won the Silver Gilt award in 2006, 2007 and 2008. It also won the Best Station Garden at the 2008 ACoRP Community Rail Awards.[2]

  1. ^ Brailsford, Martyn (2016). Railway Track Diagrams Volume 2 Eastern. Frome: Tackmaps. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-9549866-8-1.
  2. ^ ACoRP Winners List- Community Rail Awards Winners List Archived 14 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine

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