Capel | |
|---|---|
 Site of the station in 1985 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Capel St Mary,Babergh England |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction Railway[1] |
| Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 2 Sep 1847 | Opened[1] |
| 29 Feb 1932 | Closed to passengers |
| 13 July 1964 | Closed for freight |
Capel railway station was a station inCapel 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 inWorld War II handling supplies to a nearbyUnited States Army Air Forces base,[2] later known asRAF Raydon.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raydon Wood Line and station closed | Great Eastern Railway Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction Railway | Bentley (Suffolk) Line and station closed |
The line opened in 1847 and closed to passenger traffic in 1932 and for freight services in 1964 a year before closure of the line. As the railway line through the station crossed theA12 road at a level-crossing,[3] when the road was widened in the early 1970s the station was demolished. Capel Station Garage and car repairs workshop now occupies part of the site.
52°00′30″N1°03′42″E / 52.00838°N 1.06177°E /52.00838; 1.06177
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