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 | 39 | 28 |
| Elmswell | 40 | 39 | 28 |
| Ipswich | 40 | 39 | 28 |
| Stowmarket | 40 | 38 | 28 |
| Thurston | 40 | 39 | 28 |
| Cambridge | 36 | 35 | 28 |
| Newmarket | 36 | 35 | 28 |
| Kennett | 29 | 26 | 16 |
| Dullingham | 26 | 26 | 17 |
| Harwich International | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 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
Sunday is a different railway here: 10 stations instead of 18, a drop of about 44%. Saturday runs to 12.
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.