Capel railway station
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Site of the station in 1985
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| Location | |
| Place | Capel St Mary |
| Area | Suffolk |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Eastern Union & Hadleigh Junction Railway[1] |
| Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| 2 Sep 1847 | Opened[1] |
| 29 Feb 1932 | Closed to passengers |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Capel railway station was a station in Capel St Mary, Suffolk, on a short branch line from Bentley Junction to Hadleigh. The station buildings were remarkably ornate for a village with a population of 649 in 1851 and 504 in 1931. There were goods sidings on the northern side of the station,which were used extensively in World War II handling supplies to a nearby United States Army Air Forces base,[2] later known as RAF Raydon.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Raydon Wood Line and station closed |
Great Eastern Railway Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction Railway |
Bentley Church Line and station closed |
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The line opened in 1847 and closed to passenger traffic in 1932, with freight services lingering on until 1965.
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