Needham Market railway station
Needham Market 
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Needham Market railway station in 2007
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| Location | |
| Place | Needham Market |
| Local authority | Mid Suffolk |
| Grid reference | TM091548 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | NMT |
| Managed by | Abellio Greater Anglia |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| 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 |
 77,550 |
| 2012/13 |
85,078 |
| 2013/14 |
91,358 |
| 2014/15 |
92,418 |
| 2015/16 |
 88,242 |
| History | |
| 1846 | Opened as Needham |
| 1967 | Closed |
| 1971 | Reopened as Needham Market |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Needham Market from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Needham Market railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) in the East of England, serving the town of Needham Market, Suffolk. It is 77 miles 7 chains (124.1 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Ipswich to the south and Stowmarket to the north. Its three-letter station code is NMT.
The station is currently operated by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also runs all trains serving the station. It sees regular services between Ipswich and Stowmarket, whereafter trains branch off to Cambridge via the Ipswich to Ely Line.
The station was originally opened with the name Needham 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, and the platforms rebuilt, by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER).
It was closed to passengers by the Eastern Region of British Railways in 1967 but reopened as Needham Market in 1971. The main building, now in alternative use, is a Grade II listed building. 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, but this did not include making the London-bound platform wheelchair accessible.
The following services typically call at Needham Market:
Coordinates: 52°09′09″N 1°03′19″E / 52.1526°N 1.0554°E
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