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 |
| Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| 2 Sep 1847 | Opened |
| 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, later known as RAF Raydon.
The line opened in 1847 and closed to passenger traffic in 1932, with freight services lingering on until 1965.
Coordinates: 52°00′30″N 1°03′42″E / 52.00838°N 1.06177°E
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