Halesworth railway station
Halesworth 
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| Location | |
| Place | Halesworth |
| Local authority | Waveney |
| Grid reference | TM388778 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | HAS |
| Managed by | Abellio Greater Anglia |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 76,676 |
| 2012/13 |
84,350 |
| 2013/14 |
93,962 |
| 2014/15 |
94,702 |
| 2015/16 |
95,968 |
| History | |
| Original company | East Suffolk Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| 4 December 1854 | Opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Halesworth from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Halesworth railway station is on the East Suffolk Line in the east of England, serving the small town of Halesworth, Suffolk. It is also the nearest station to the seaside town of Southwold. It is 100 miles 53 chains (162.0 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street via Ipswich, and is situated between Darsham and Brampton. Its three-letter station code is HAS.
It is managed by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains that call.
Halesworth station was formerly situated on a level crossing. However, it was unusual in that the platforms swung across the road rather than having typical crossing gates. The crossing is now permanently closed.
The cabin from the mechanical signal box at Halesworth has been preserved at the County School railway station on the Mid-Norfolk Railway.
On the afternoon of 18 December 1941 a German Dornier bombed the station-house, killing the stationmaster, his wife and their young maid. The station-house was rebuilt but with a reduced size.
The Halesworth and District Museum and the offices of Halesworth Area Community Transport now occupy the station building.
The station has been "adopted" by volunteers from the East Suffolk Lines Community Rail Partnership who maintain the planting and remove litter. (The station is unstaffed by Greater Anglia.)
As of December 2016[update] the typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service at Halesworth is as follows:
On Sundays frequency reduces to one train every two hours in each direction. Trains direct to and from London Liverpool Street were withdrawn in 2010.
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