Time Capsules
Aldeburgh Railway Station
Photo of the Aldeburgh Railway Station, Suffolk, England as it was in 1963. Note on the far right the Railway Station too.
Photo © The Step Back Through Time Collection
Picture added on 27 December 2009
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Step back through Time, trains and stations
Step back through Time, trains and stations
Terminus of the Great Eastern Railway's branch from Saxmundham. There was only one intermediate stop - at Leiston. That looks like a Coles crane to the right of the siding, with the Railway Hotel far right
Added by Martin Bodman on 05 January 2010
In fact the branch is still open beyond Leiston, but short of Aldeburgh. It is for goods only and serves the nuclear power stations at Sizewell. See this image on the Geograph site: www.geograph.org.uk/photo/173233
Added by Martin Bodman on 05 January 2010
There is virtually none of this now. The Railway hotel is still there, the rest is under a road/roundabout and a housing estate. The railbed forms a footpath out of Aldeburgh as far as Thorpeness with a few remnants showing. I am interested in the old station but can find little info or pictures.
Added by Graham Lowe on 13 February 2010
The fist comment is incorrect in that there were in fact two intermediate stops, namely Leiston and Thorpeness Halt.
Added by R Samuelson on 07 April 2011
Mr Samuelson. Thank you. Halts are not shown on my Pre-grouping Atlas of British railways.
Added by Martin Bodman on 07 April 2011
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