Saxmundham railway station
Saxmundham railway station is on the East Suffolk Line in the east of England, serving the town of Saxmundham, Suffolk. Situated between and, it is down the line from, and from London Liverpool Street. Its three-letter station code is SAX.
It is managed by Abellio Greater Anglia, which operates all trains serving the station. The station building suffered a devastating fire on 12 February 2018.
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 system.
A branch line, which formerly ran to on the coast from just north of Saxmundham, is still used for goods traffic to the nearby Sizewell nuclear power stations.
Services
the typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service at Saxmundham is as follows:Operator | Route | Rolling stock | Typical frequency |
Abellio Greater Anglia | - - - - - - Saxmundham - - - - | Class 755 | 1x per hour in each direction |
On Sundays frequency reduces to one train every two hours in each direction. Trains direct to and from London Liverpool Street were withdrawn in 2010.
One weekday early morning train is extended through to and there is a return from there in the evening.
One service terminates at Saxmundham every weekday morning: the 06:20 from Ipswich, which includes a stop at Westerfield.