Shippea Hill

CRS Code	SPP
Collected date	04/07/15

Feeling hot and bothered on a lazy Saturday? What else is there to do but cycle to a station in the middle of nowhere and catch its one train a week back home? Quite a lot, actually, but I arrived at Shippea Hill anyway, and hung around for an hour while I waited for the train...

The line crosses the A1101 Mildenhall Road at a level crossing, and when I arrived from the north the barriers were down:

The building to the right of the level crossing is the signalbox which once controlled the barriers but is now disused. Here's the rear of the signalbox and the entrance to the eastbound platform 1:

On platform 1 looking east at the signalbox and level crossing:

The front of the signalbox:

Platform 1 has one service a day, so has a shelter and working help point:

At the western end of platform 1 looking east along the platforms:

Looking west from the end of platform 1:

Walking back to the level crossing we look east along the line towards Lakenheath:

On the other side of the level crossing looking north:

The entrance to platform 2, requiring you to weave around various signalling equipment:

...and climb quite a steep ramp up to the platform:

Looking west from the bottom of the ramp:

On platform 2, looking east:

Platform 1 has a train a day. Platform 2 has a train a week, so the shelter has been demolished and you get a bench instead. The help point was broken too:

Looking west from the end of platform 2:

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