Yaxley Halt railway station was located in

Yaxley, Suffolk Yaxley is a small village just west of Eye in Suffolk, England. The name means 'cuckoo-clearing'. Church of St. Mary Pevsner describes the north porch of the 12th-century church as 'one of the most swagger in Suffolk'. Inside the church are th ...

. It was midway along a branch line from

Mellis Mellis is a small village in Suffolk, England. It has the largest area of unfenced common land in England. Oliver Cromwell exercised his troops in Mellis. It once had a railway station on the main line between London and Norwich, and a small b ...

to the terminus at

Eye Eyes are organs of the visual system. They provide living organisms with vision, the ability to receive and process visual detail, as well as enabling several photo response functions that are independent of vision. Eyes detect light and conv ...

which opened in 1867. Yaxley Halt did not open until 20 December 1922Great Eastern Society Rail Journal No 132 The Suffolk Venturer Railtour by J S Gilks October 2007 and closed in 1931 when passenger trains were withdrawn from the branch. The station was situated adjacent to the Ipswich to Norwich main road (the A140) which passed over the railway at this point on a bridge known as the "Dukes Bridge". On inclement days passengers used to shelter under the bridge as the platform was a very basic affair with name board and oil lamp. Passenger trains carried a ladder by which passengers could board and alight.Great Eastern Society Rail Journal No 84 Yaxley Halt by Peter Paye October 1995 Freight traffic continued on the Eye Branch until 1964 when the line closed. It was lifted in 1965. The 1925 1:2500 map indicated a Roman coin was found on the line just to the east of the station.

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Navigable 1946 O. S. map showing the line through Yaxley, but the station no longer marked having closed in 1931.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yaxley Halt Railway Station Disused railway stations in Suffolk Former Great Eastern Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1922 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1931