Saxmundham railway station

Saxmundham
National Rail
Saxmundham railway station
General information
LocationSaxmundham, East Suffolk
England
Grid referenceTM385631
Managed byGreater Anglia
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeSAX
ClassificationDfT category F1
History
Opened1859
Passengers
2019/20Increase 0.165 million
2020/21Decrease 35,022
2021/22Increase 0.139 million
2022/23Increase 0.157 million
2023/24Increase 0.164 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Saxmundham station, c. 1901

Saxmundham railway station is on the East Suffolk Line in the east of England, serving the town of Saxmundham, Suffolk. Situated between Wickham Market and Darsham, it is 22 miles 29 chains (36 km) down the line from Ipswich, and 91 miles 11 chains (147 km) from London Liverpool Street. Its three-letter station code is SAX.

It is managed by Greater Anglia, which operates all trains serving the station.

The signalling centre for the line is located in the signal cabin on the Lowestoft-bound platform, which formerly served as the control centre while the line was signalled using the Radio Electronic Token Block (RETB) system.

A branch line, which formerly ran to Aldeburgh on the coast from just north of Saxmundham, is still used for goods traffic to the nearby Sizewell nuclear power stations.