Raydon Wood railway station was a station in

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, on a short branch line from Bentley Junction to Hadleigh. There was a goods shed on a passing loop which included a small siding on the south side of the station at the

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end. Together with it was extensively used for handling supplies in

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for a nearby

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base, later known as

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. The line opened in 1847 and closed to passenger traffic in 1932, with freight services lingering on until 1965. The station building still stands and remains in use as a coal merchant's depot.

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Raydon Wood station on navigable 1946 O. S. map

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