Needham Market railway station

Needham Market
National Rail
General information
LocationNeedham Market, Mid Suffolk
England
Grid referenceTM091548
Managed byAbellio Greater Anglia
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeNMT
ClassificationDfT category F2
Key dates
1846Opened as Needham
2 January 1967Closed
6 December 1971Reopened as Needham Market
Passengers
2018/19Increase 102,320
2019/20Decrease 100,754
2020/21Decrease 33,484
2021/22Increase 79,196
2022/23Increase 94,148
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Needham Market railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) in the East of England, serving the town of Needham Market, Suffolk. It is 77 miles 7 chains (124.1 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Ipswich to the south and Stowmarket to the north. Its three-letter station code is NMT.

The station is currently operated by Greater Anglia, which also runs all passenger trains serving the station. It sees one train per hour to Ipswich and Cambridge, whereafter trains branch off to the Ipswich to Ely Line. It is the only railway station on the GEML where there are no direct trains to London. Therefore, passengers for London have to change at Ipswich.

The station appears in Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations by Sir Simon Jenkins.[1]

  1. ^ Simon Jenkins (2017) Britain's Hundred Best Railway Stations Penguin Books, ISBN 978-0-241978-98-6