Railway
The Halesworth railway is connected to Ipswich and Lowestoft. It is the best unstaffed railway station for 2004 and 2005. Services are available to Lowestoft and London and are run by Greater Anglia. See Halesworth railway station.
1854 - the railway arrives in Halesworth.
1859 - the station moves to its present position as the line is extended to Lowestoft.
1888 - the moveable platform is installed (renewed in 1922 and restored in 1999) This ingenious device is one of only a handful in the UK. As trains became longer they needed longer platforms. This device allowed the platforms to be extended across the adjacent level crossing. The moveable platform sections could be swung to one side to open the road for traffic.
1958 - Norwich Road railway bridge opens providing an alternative to the level crossing by the station with its moveable platform gates.
From 24 September 1879 until 11 April 1929 there was a line from Halesworth to Southwold. There were plans by the Southwold Railway Society to revive the railway, partly on the original track and partly on new formation, but these have now been abandoned in favour of a Railway Park, to be situated at Southwold.
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