Saxham & Risby
General information
LocationRisby, West Suffolk
England
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 Apr 1854Opened as
Saxham[1]
?Renamed
Saxham and Risby[1]
2 Jan 1967Closed to passengers
28 Dec 1964Closed to goods[2]

Saxham & Risby railway station was a station serving Risby in the English county of Suffolk. It was opened by the Great Eastern Railway in 1854 following the line's extension from Newmarket to Bury St Edmunds. It was not particularly near either of the places it served, with Risby being about a mile to the north and Saxham a couple of mile to the south. Its main purpose was to serve agriculture in mid-Suffolk.[3]

At its peak during the period 1860 to 1890 there was a station master and three other members of staff. From 1929 onwards the four station staff were replaced by a 'Porter-in-charge' until its closure in 1967. Freight services ceased several years earlier, on 28 December 1964, along with other stations along the line. Saxham and Risby was one of four stations on the line between Ipswich and Cambridge which closed in 1967 following modernisation due to dwindling passenger numbers - the others were Higham, Fulbourn and Six Mile Bottom.[3] After closure, the south platform and waiting room was removed in 1970, whilst the north platform and the main station building remained derelict until it was demolished in the late 1980s.[4]

Today, only a small part of the north platform remains alongside the station car park. A railway terrace house still stands along Station Avenue and has been converted to private residence, however most of the surrounding area has been transformed into an agricultural industrial estate.[3]

According to the Official Handbook of Stations the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P, F, L, H, C. and there was no crane. Calor Gas had a private siding there.[5]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Bury St Edmunds
Line and station open		   Great Eastern Railway
Ipswich-Cambridge/Peterborough		   Higham
Line open, station closed

References

  1. 1 2 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. ↑ Clinker, C.R. (1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Station. Avon Anglia. ISBN 0-905466-19-5.
  3. 1 2 3 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 September 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ "Saxham & Risby station, 1976 (2)". 21 February 1976.
  5. ↑ Official Handbook of Stations. British Transport Commission. 1956.

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