Melton railway station
Melton 
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The station building is occupied by a butcher
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| Location | |
| Place | Melton |
| Local authority | Suffolk Coastal |
| Coordinates | 52°06′14″N 1°20′17″E / 52.104°N 1.338°ECoordinates: 52°06′14″N 1°20′17″E / 52.104°N 1.338°E |
| Grid reference | TM284503 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | MES |
| Managed by | Abellio Greater Anglia |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 55,086 |
| 2012/13 |
63,196 |
| 2013/14 |
68,516 |
| 2014/15 |
 64,710 |
| 2015/16 |
63,510 |
| History | |
| Original company | East Suffolk Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| 1 June 1859 | Opened |
| 2 May 1955 | Closed to passengers |
| 1 June 1972 | Closed to freight |
| 3 September 1984 | Reopened to passengers |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Melton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Melton railway station is on the East Suffolk Line in the east of England, serving the village of Melton, Suffolk. It is 80 miles 28 chains (129.3 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street via Ipswich, and is situated between Woodbridge and Wickham Market. Its three-letter station code is MES.
The station was opened in 1859 but was closed in 1955 and remained so until 1984 when, after a local campaign, it was reopened. Today it is managed by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains that call.
It is 1.25 miles from the ancient Anglo-Saxon burial site at Sutton Hoo, run by the National Trust.
The railway line connecting the East Suffolk Railway (ESR) at Halesworth to an extension of the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) at Woodbridge was built by the ESR. The line opened on 1 June 1859, and Melton station opened with the line. The ESR was absorbed by the ECR on opening day.
On 1 July 1862, the ECR and other small railway companies amalgamated to become the Great Eastern Railway (GER). At the 1923 Grouping, the GER was amalgamated with other companies to form the London and North Eastern Railway; this in turn was a constituent of British Railways at the start of 1948.
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