Thurston  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Thurston,Mid Suffolk England | ||||
| Coordinates | 52°15′00″N0°48′31″E / 52.25°N 0.8086°E /52.25; 0.8086 | ||||
| Grid reference | TL918650 | ||||
| Managed by | Greater Anglia | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | TRS | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1846 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  71,562 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 15,688 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  76,036 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 95,720 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 114,330 | ||||
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Thurston railway station serves the village ofThurston inSuffolk,England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated byGreater Anglia.
It is served primarily by local services between Ipswich and Cambridge.
Thurston station was opened by the Ipswich and Bury Railway in 1846. The main building was designed byFrederick Barnes in the Jacobean style using decorative brickwork. The building required three stories to reach the platforms from ground level owing to the station's location on an embankment. The building is Grade IIlisted and is no longer in railway use. Adjacent to the station building is an original bridge over the road.[1][2]
According to theOfficial Handbook of Stations the followingclasses of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P, F, L, H, C and there was a 1-ton 10 cwt crane. H Clarke & Son had a private siding.[3]
On 4 October 1850, two stationmasters were killed by striking an overhead bridge near the station, when riding on a carriage roof with their backs to the engine.[4]
On 12 January 1944, whilst working a goods train from Ipswich to Whitemoor, the boiler ofUSATC S160 Class freight loco no. 2363 exploded at the station after the firebox crown became uncovered, injuring both driver and fireman.[5][6]
On 8 May 2010, the station made national news after atrainspotter, who was so engrossed in filming asteam locomotivespecial hauled by70013Oliver Cromwell, failed to notice the rapid approach of aClass 170 multiple unit travelling in the other direction.[7][8] The near miss was caught on camera. After it went viral on the internet, he was dubbed by the railway press as a "vidiot" and drew widespread condemnation from rail enthusiasts and industry professionals.[9]
Greater Anglia operate hourly services toCambridge and toIpswich.[10]
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Greater Anglia | ||||
