Trimley railway station
Trimley 
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| Location | |
| Place | Trimley St. Mary |
| Local authority | Suffolk Coastal |
| Grid reference | TM280361 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | TRM |
| 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 |
 37,744 |
| 2012/13 |
 40,164 |
| 2013/14 |
37,134 |
| 2014/15 |
36,106 |
| 2015/16 |
32,102 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1891 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Trimley from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Trimley railway station is on the Felixstowe Branch Line, serving the village of Trimley St. Mary, Suffolk. It is 82 miles 64 chains (133.3 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Derby Road and Felixstowe stations. Its three-letter station code is TRM.
It was opened by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) in 1891 and built to a design by the company's chief architect, W. N. Ashbee; it was one of only two stations outside Essex to be built in the New Essex, or Ashbee, style. A branch line for goods trains to the port of Felixstowe was opened at Trimley in 1987.
Today it is managed by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also operates all passenger trains that call.
The Felixstowe Railway and Pier Company opened their line from Westerfield to Felixstowe Pier 1 May 1877 but the nearest station, other than at the pier near Landguard Common, was 'Orwell' at Nacton; a station at Felixstowe Beach was soon added but this was on the far side of the town so of little use to people in the Trimleys. On 1 May 1891 that the station at Trimley was opened, by which time the railway had been purchased by the GER and trains were running through from Ipswich where connections were better than at Westerfield. In 1898 a new Felixstowe Town was opened which was more convenient for people travelling to the town.
Public freight facilities were withdrawn on 13 July 1964, although they were retained at Felixstowe until 5 December 1966. In 1967 the branch was converted to "Pay Train" operation, with all fares being collected by the guard so that the only staff left at Trimley were the signalmen.
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