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Melton 
The single platform at Melton Location Place Melton Local authority Suffolk Coastal Coordinates 52°06′14″N 1°20′17″E / 52.104°N 1.338°ECoordinates: 52°06′14″N 1°20′17″E / 52.104°N 1.338°E Grid reference TM284503 Operations Station code MES Managed by National Express East Anglia Number of platforms 1 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2004/05 * 20,559 2005/06 * 
27,5902006/07 * 33,6452007/08 * 36,7272008/09 * 42,4602009/10 * 
40,012History Original company East Suffolk Railway Pre-grouping Great Eastern Railway Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway 1 June 1859 Station opened 2 May 1955 Closed to passengers 1 June 1972 Closed to freight 3 September 1984 Reopened for passengers National Rail - UK railway stations A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Melton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. Melton is a railway station serving the village of Melton in Suffolk, England. The station is located on the Ipswich-Lowestoft East Suffolk Line. The station was opened in 1859 but was closed in 1955 and remained closed until 1984 when, after a local campaign, the station was re-opened.
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History
The railway line connecting the East Suffolk Railway (ESR) at Halesworth to an extension of the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) at Woodbridge was built by the ESR.[1] The line opened on 1 June 1859,[1] and Melton station opened with the line.[2] The ESR was absorbed by the ECR on opening day.[1]
On 1 July 1862, the ECR and other small railway companies amalgamated to become the Great Eastern Railway (GER).[3] At the 1923 Grouping, the GER was amalgamated with other companies to form the London and North Eastern Railway;[4] this in turn was a constituent of British Railways at the start of 1948.
The station closed to passengers on 2 May 1955;[2] the goods yard closed on 1 June 1972, although private sidings remained open for domestic coal traffic;[5] and the station was reopened for passengers on 3 September 1984.[2]
With the privatisation of British Rail, ownership of the line and station passed to Railtrack on 1 April 1994. The franchise to operate the passenger services on this route was won by Anglia Railways in 1997; in 2004 National Express won the franchise and operated services using the branding 'one', which was renamed National Express East Anglia in 2008.
Train Services
The following services currently call at Melton:
Operator Route Material Frequency Notes NXEA (Harwich International -) Ipswich - Westerfield - Woodbridge - Melton - Wickham Market - Saxmundham - Darsham - Halesworth - Brampton - Beccles - Oulton Broad South - Lowestoft Class 170 Every 2 Hours Service to Harwich 1x per day NXEA Ipswich - Westerfield - Woodbridge - Melton - Wickham Market - Saxmundham Class 156 Every 2 Hours Not Sundays Preceding station 
National RailFollowing station National Express East Anglia Future
In 2012 when a new passing loop is opened at Beccles then an hourly service between Ipswich and Lowestoft will operate.
Notes
- ^ a b c Allen 1956, p. 216.
- ^ a b c Butt 1995, p. 157.
- ^ Allen 1956, p. 46.
- ^ Allen 1956, p. 199.
- ^ McCarthy, McCarthy & Cobb 2007, p. 110.
References
- Allen, Cecil J. (1956) [1955]. The Great Eastern Railway (2nd ed.). Hampton Court: Ian Allan.
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1 85260 508 1. R508.
- McCarthy, Colin; McCarthy, David; Cobb, Michael (August 2007). Waller, Peter. ed. Norfolk and Suffolk. Railways of Britain. Hersham: Ian Allan. ISBN 978 0 7110 3223 1. 0708/c1.
External links
- Train times and station information for Melton railway station from National Rail
Categories:- Railway stations in Suffolk
- Former Great Eastern Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1859
- Railway stations closed in 1955
- Railway stations opened in 1984
- Railway stations served by National Express East Anglia
- DfT Category F2 stations
- East of England railway station stubs
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