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, serving the villages of

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and surrounding hamlets in Suffolk. It is down the line from and measured from

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; it is situated between and . It is commonly suffixed as Brampton (Suffolk) in order to distinguish it from the station of the same name in Cumbria. Brampton and the line typically sees one train per hour in each direction between Ipswich and . It is managed by

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, which also operates all the trains.

History

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The railway line between Halesworth and was opened by the East Suffolk Railway (ESR) on 4 December 1854, and the station at Brampton was opened on the same day. The ESR was absorbed by the

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in 1859, which in turn was amalgamated with other railways to form the

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(GER) in 1862. The GER's successor, the

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Services

the typical Monday-Sunday off-peak service at Brampton is as follows: One weekday early-morning train is extended through to and there is a return from there in the evening.

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