Saxham & Risby railway station was a station serving Risby in the English

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 county of Suffolk

Suffolk

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. It was opened by the Great Eastern Railway

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. It was not particularly near either of the places it served with Risby being about a mile to the north and Saxham a couple of mile to the south.

According to the Official Handbook of Stations

Official Handbook of Stations

The Official Handbook of Stations was a large listing all the passenger and goods stations and private sidings on the railways of Great Britain and Ireland...

 the following classes of traffic

Official Handbook of Stations

The Official Handbook of Stations was a large listing all the passenger and goods stations and private sidings on the railways of Great Britain and Ireland...

 were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P, F, L, H, C. and there was no crane. Calor Gas had a private siding there.

External links

• Saxham & Risby station on navigable 1946 O.S. map