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Needham Market railway station

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44: 449: 33: 360:. It was restored in 2000 by Spacia Ltd, and won an award in the 2002 National Railway Heritage Awards. In April 2015 work commenced to improve the station, including the installation of an anti-slip composite fibreglass platform (Dura Platform) which features a patented design with in-built water management and snow-melting capabilities. However, this did not include making the London-bound platform wheelchair accessible. 229: 216: 203: 190: 177: 340:
by the Ipswich & Bury Railway in 1846. The main building, described as "one of the best in East Anglia" by Biddle, was designed in a grand Jacobean style with decorative brickwork by Frederick Barnes and was completed by the contractor, Daniel Revitt, in 1849. It was later slightly simplified,
591: 721: 78: 1813: 1808: 1803: 714: 670: 1828: 1818: 707: 321:. It is the only railway station on the GEML where there are no direct trains to London. Therefore, passengers for London have to change at Ipswich. 1798: 1788: 1283: 1793: 120: 1027: 592:"Needham Market is first train station in the world to install ground breaking award winning composite platform | netMAGmedia Ltd" 1823: 564: 1401: 1396: 1309: 1241: 1129: 960: 548: 1778: 1759: 1567: 1334: 1619: 1181: 1011: 401: 1634: 1629: 1454: 1103: 1006: 569: 349: 1783: 1644: 1329: 1068: 975: 939: 640: 500: 1693: 1609: 1470: 1406: 929: 858: 342: 1492: 1482: 1349: 1319: 1083: 1053: 965: 919: 409: 1733: 1542: 1236: 1186: 1098: 1088: 1649: 1624: 1293: 1206: 1171: 1073: 1058: 955: 72: 1670: 1639: 1562: 1431: 1201: 1139: 996: 980: 1723: 1718: 1687: 1681: 1522: 1447: 1391: 1231: 1226: 1191: 1093: 934: 883: 848: 832: 778: 1738: 1728: 1698: 1664: 1659: 1583: 1557: 1537: 1517: 1512: 1436: 1355: 1324: 1262: 1216: 1134: 904: 878: 853: 788: 773: 768: 521: 486: 421: 397: 303: 313:, which also runs all passenger trains serving the station. It sees one train per hour to Ipswich and 1748: 1594: 1552: 1487: 1476: 1344: 1278: 1196: 873: 843: 393: 314: 1743: 1708: 1703: 1654: 1589: 1527: 1465: 1381: 1339: 1314: 1211: 1166: 1124: 1063: 1001: 970: 924: 914: 909: 868: 821: 758: 417: 413: 295: 1833: 1713: 1577: 1572: 1507: 1497: 1460: 1441: 1119: 1037: 888: 838: 798: 783: 477: 463: 425: 405: 299: 283: 266: 43: 1547: 1502: 1386: 1221: 1176: 1078: 863: 472: 430: 388: 89: 1676: 1604: 1599: 1032: 512: 508: 699: 1426: 1288: 793: 448: 617: 8: 1532: 1362: 318: 1257: 826: 763: 636: 544: 325: 741:
Stations listed in italics are limited service on the line specified. They are also
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Simon Jenkins (2017) Britain's Hundred Best Railway Stations Penguin Books,
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in 1971. The main building, now in alternative use, is a Grade II
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The station appears in Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations by
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Sore, Ray (January 1999). "The railway at Needham (Market)".
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The following services typically call at Needham Market:
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to the north. Its three-letter station code is NMT.
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Index

National Rail

Needham Market
Mid Suffolk
Grid reference
TM091548
Abellio Greater Anglia
DfT category
Office of Rail and Road
Great Eastern Main Line
East of England
Needham Market
London Liverpool Street
Ipswich
Stowmarket
Greater Anglia
Cambridge
Ipswich to Ely Line
Sir Simon Jenkins
London and North Eastern Railway
Eastern Region of British Railways
listed building
Abellio Greater Anglia
Cambridge
Dullingham
Newmarket
Kennett
Bury St. Edmunds
Thurston
Elmswell

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