Needham Market railway station
You can reach 18 stations directly from Needham Market on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Bury St Edmunds, with 40 trains a day.
Needham Market is the nearest station for postcodes in IP6, IP7. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Needham Market
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bury St Edmunds | 40 | 36 | 0 |
| Elmswell | 40 | 36 | 0 |
| Ipswich | 40 | 36 | 0 |
| Stowmarket | 40 | 36 | 0 |
| Thurston | 40 | 36 | 0 |
| Cambridge | 36 | 34 | 0 |
| Newmarket | 36 | 34 | 0 |
| Kennett | 29 | 25 | 0 |
| Dullingham | 26 | 24 | 0 |
| Harwich International | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Ely | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistley | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Manea | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peterborough | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Soham | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Whittlesea | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wrabness | 1 | 1 | 0 |
How busy Needham Market is
129,588 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,624th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Needham Market and Ipswich than any other pair: 49,634 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
There is no Sunday service from Needham Market. About one station in seventeen has none, so this is not unusual, but it is worth knowing before travelling.
Nearest other stations
- Stowmarket 3.5 miles
- Westerfield 6.8 miles
- Ipswich 8.0 miles
- Elmswell 8.5 miles
- Derby Road 8.9 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Needham Market, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Claydon railway station (Suffolk) · 3.5 miles
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More about this station on Wikipedia.