Hadleigh railway station
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Hadleigh railway station was a station in Hadleigh, Suffolk, the terminus of the Hadleigh Railway
Hadleigh Railway
The Hadleigh Railway was a long single track branch railway line in Suffolk, England that ran from Bentley Junction on the Great Eastern Main Line to Hadleigh via two intermediate stations, and .-History:...

, a short branch line from Bentley Junction
Bentley (Suffolk) railway station
Not to be confused with Great Bentley railway station.Bentley railway station, also known as Bentley Junction, was located in Bentley, Suffolk on the Great Eastern Main Line...

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Former Services

The line to Hadleigh opened in 1847 and closed to passenger traffic in 1932, with freight services lingering on until 1965. Intermediate stations were at Capel and Raydon.

The station building still stands and is in use as a private residence.

A proposal to extend services by building a light railway between Hadleigh and Long Melford
Long Melford
Long Melford is a large village and civil parish in the county of Suffolk, England. It is on Suffolk's border with Essex, which is marked by the River Stour, approximately from Colchester and from Bury St. Edmunds...

was reported in the Haverhill Echo on March 10, 1900, but this wasn't built.

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