Newmarket railway station (Suffolk)

Newmarket
National Rail
The platform, looking east
General information
LocationNewmarket, West Suffolk
England
Coordinates52°14′18″N 0°24′26″E / 52.2383°N 0.4073°E / 52.2383; 0.4073
Grid referenceTL 643 627
Owned byNetwork Rail
Managed byGreater Anglia
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeNMK
ClassificationDfT category F1
History
Original companyNewmarket and Chesterford Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 0.355 million
2019/20Decrease 0.336 million
2020/21Decrease 77,602
2021/22Increase 0.256 million
2022/23Increase 0.303 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Railway stations in Newmarket
section
of line
year opened
year closed
1854
––
1880
––
Chippenham Junction
Snailwell Junction
to Ely
1879
––
1854
––
1879
1966?
Warren Hill Junction
Warren Hill
1885
c.1948
1854
––
Warren Hill Tunnel
1100 yd
1006 m
Newmarket
High Level
1848
1902
1879
1902
1848
––
1858
––
Newmarket
1902
––
1848
––
1848
––
to Great Chesterford
& London (to 1851)
to Cambridge (from 1851)
 

Newmarket railway station (Suffolk) was opened by the Great Eastern Railway on 7 April 1902. It is on the Cambridge branch of the Ipswich–Ely line and is 800 yards (730 m) south of the site of the original Newmarket station. Since March 2013, passenger services have been operated by Abellio Greater Anglia.