Leiston and Aldeburgh Branch (East Suffolk Railway)






Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

153314, in its last summer of Greater Anglia operations, runs along the East Suffolk line at Benhall Crossing near Saxmundham. With the introduction ...
Mark Bartlett 30/07/2019
Saxmundham station, signal box and level crossing, looking south towards Ipswich, on 3rd May 2023. The signal box is now the control centre for the ...
David Bosher 03/05/2023
Fond farewells at Saxmundham around 08.12 on Tuesday 8th May 1984 as 37050 revs up to restart the Lowestoft – Liverpool Street through service. ...
Mark Dufton 08/05/1984
Greater Anglia 153314 approaches the level crossing at Benhall, to the south of Saxmundham, working from Ipswich to Lowestoft on 30th July 2019. It is ...
Mark Bartlett 30/07/2019
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37140 has 7L70 the Willesden to Leiston empty flask heading down the Leiston branch near Leiston. The flask normally ran on a Thursday but not every ...
Roger Geach 19/05/1994
Looking towards Aldeburgh in July 2019 from the level crossing at Leiston, with the station just behind the camera. The line continues for a mile or ...
Mark Bartlett 29/07/2019
Leiston station, on the Aldeburgh branch, closed to passengers in 1966. Freight to Aldeburgh also ceased but the line was retained to serve the ...
Mark Bartlett 29/07/2019
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Passenger services on the Aldeburgh branch commenced in 1859 but the intermediate station at Thorpeness didn't open until 1914. The excellent Disused ...
Mark Bartlett 29/07/2019
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