Raydon Wood railway station

Raydon Wood railway station was a station in Suffolk, on a short branch line from Bentley Junction to Hadleigh. There was a goods shed on a passing loop which included a small siding on the south side of the station at the Bentley end.[2]

Great Raydon Wood
The station building. The railway ran to the left of the building as seen in this view where the short platform is still extant.
General information
LocationRaydon, Babergh
England
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyEastern Union & Hadleigh Junction Railway[1]
Pre-groupingGreat Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
2 Sep 1847Opened as Raydon[1]
1 Oct 1895Renamed Raydon Wood
29 Feb 1932Closed for passengers
19 April 1965closed for freight

Together with Capel it was extensively used for handling supplies in World War II for a nearby United States Army Air Forces base,[2] later known as RAF Raydon.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Hadleigh
Line and station closed
  Great Eastern Railway
Hadleigh Railway
  Capel
Line and station closed

The line opened in 1847 and closed to passenger traffic in 1932, with freight services lingering on until 1965.

The station building still stands, in disrepair and unused next to CPL Distribution, a coal merchant's depot. It is unknown who owns the Station Building but it is boarded up and not part of CPL Distribution

References

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  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. ^ a b Mitchell, Vic (June 2011). Branch Lines to Harwich and Hadleigh. Midhurst: Middleton Press. plan XII. ISBN 978-1-908174-02-4.
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