Needham Market railway station

Needham Market
General information
Location	Needham Market, Mid Suffolk England
Grid reference	TM091548
Managed by	Abellio Greater Anglia
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	NMT
Classification	DfT category F2
Key dates
1846	Opened as Needham
2 January 1967	Closed
6 December 1971	Reopened as Needham Market
Passengers
2019/20	100,754
2020/21	33,484
2021/22	79,196
2022/23	94,148
2023/24	112,342
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]