Wickham Market railway station
Wickham Market 
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| Location | |
| Place | Campsea Ashe |
| Local authority | Suffolk Coastal |
| Coordinates | 52°09′04″N 1°23′55″E / 52.1510°N 1.3987°ECoordinates: 52°09′04″N 1°23′55″E / 52.1510°N 1.3987°E |
| Grid reference | TM326557 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | WCM |
| Managed by | Abellio Greater Anglia |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| 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 |
 32,856 |
| 2012/13 |
38,900 |
| 2013/14 |
44,270 |
| 2014/15 |
 43,804 |
| 2015/16 |
44,332 |
| History | |
| Original company | East Suffolk Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| 1 June 1859 | 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 Wickham Market from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Wickham Market railway station is on the East Suffolk Line in the east of England, located in the town of Campsea Ashe, Suffolk, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Wickham Market itself. The station is 84 miles 43 chains (136.0 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street via Ipswich, and is situated between Melton and Saxmundham. Its three-letter station code is WCM.
It is managed by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains that call.
Wickham Market was formerly a junction for the Framlingham branch line. The branch closed to passenger services in November 1952, and to freight in April 1963.
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, as was the Framlingham branch. The main line and the Framlingham branch both opened on 1 June 1859, and Wickham Market station opened at the same time. The ESR was absorbed by the ECR on opening day.
On 1 July 1862, the ECR and other small railway companies were amalgamated to form the Great Eastern Railway (GER). Upon the 1923 Grouping, the GER was combined with other railways into the London and North Eastern Railway; this in turn was a constituent of British Railways at the start of 1948.
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