Mellis | |
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![]() Mellis railway station c 1900. The Eye branch is on the right as an up (towards Ipswich and London) train departs. | |
General information | |
Location | Mellis, District of Mid Suffolk England |
Grid reference | TM099745 |
Platforms | 3 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Eastern Union Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
Key dates | |
2 July 1849 | Station opened |
2 April 1867 | Eye branch opened |
7 November 1966 | Station closed |
Mellis railway station was a station in Mellis, Suffolk, England. It was opened in 1849 by the Eastern Union Railway on the Great Eastern Main Line from London to Norwich. In 1867 the Eye Branch was opened and Mellis became a railway junction.
The branch line to Eye closed to passengers on 2 February 1931, but the line continued to serve goods traffic until the 1960s. Mellis was closed as part of the large-scale Beeching cuts on 7 November 1966, when local services between Ipswich and Norwich were withdrawn.
The line through Mellis was electrified in 1986, and carries regular passenger traffic between London's Liverpool Street station and Norwich.