Eye railway station

Eye railway station was located in Eye, Suffolk on a branch from Mellis. It was 94 miles 24 chains (151.8 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street.[2] It was closed to passengers on 2 February 1931 and to goods on 13 July 1964.

Eye
Site of the station (1997)
General information
Location	Eye, Mid Suffolk England
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Mellis and Eye Railway[1]
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
2 Apr 1867	Opened[1]
2 Feb 1931	Closed for passengers [1]
13 July 1964	Closed for freight

In the 1840s, the town leaders of Eye unsuccessfully lobbied to have the new main line from London to Norwich run through Eye - instead, the line was routed through nearby Diss, which had an enormous effect on the prosperity and growth of that town. Eye got its own station on a later branch line, of much less importance, opening some time later.