Lost Railways Suffolk. Aldeburgh to Saxmundham Branch Line.

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Join us this week as we follow the semi-disused railway branch line that once lead from Saxmundham all the way down to the little seaside village of Aldeburgh via the abandoned and overgrown platform at Thorpeness and discover its interesting past..
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[@brianpead3692]

Em, you're a better presenter than many on television. A lovely video guys which maintained my interest throughout. Thank you so much.

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

Thank you Brian we really appreciate your feedback. We really enjoy learning about and sharing these interesting places with people, glad you liked the video 😊👍

[@tominnis8353]

You're absolutely right: the line did close in 1966 - and as one of Beeching's recommendations. The concrete structure and platform you came across were probably manufactured at the Southern Railway concrete works at Exmouth Junction circa 1922 - 25, at a guess. Plate layers were responsible for a certain length of line and would be kept busy most of the time ensuring the track was in good order and that undergrowth was was well cut back (unlike it is today!). I liked the old photos. Thank you.

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

Thanks for the information Tom. Glad you liked the video.. Hoping to get out this year and follow a few more around the area 😊👍

[@andrewhotston983]

When I lived in Suffolk I photographed the flask trains a few times, and I rode on the line once on a railtour called The Suffolk Latch.

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

Oh really, we've never had the chance to see one.. we were told from a local that they don't pass through very often these days. What an experience to have ridden on the line it must have been.. Thanks for watching and taking the time to share your memories with us 😊👍

[@whitewitch1105]

That is really cool that they are living in an old station. Love that some of the original is still there.

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

Yeah there was a few nice bits still remaining, interesting place to explore, we enjoyed our day. Thanks for watching 😊

[@geraldbrady5860]

Hi Em and Stu. What a lovely video of a place where I used to live and actually travel on that line between Aldeburgh and Saxmundham in the good old steam days and latterly in the little 2 car diesels. Our house was opposite the station in Aldeburgh and I have a model railway depicting that lovely old line. Gerald.

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

We'd have loved to have seen the railway back in its day. Its almost hard to imagine there ever being a station at Aldeburgh now with all the development and change to the area, I guess we are lucky to still be able to walk along alot of the old track bed. Thanks for commenting and sharing your memories with us Gerald. 😊

[@InArcadiaSum]

I've lived in the area on and off all my life. When I lived in Walberswick as a boy, we used to go on the train to Aldeburgh. Likewise going to Lowestoft to travel to Yarmouth on the coast line via Corton that closed in about 1970.

[@Mr223P]

Great that that plate layers hut still had it’s Crittle window frames intact.

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

It was a real treat to find it as we had no idea it was there until we stumbled across it.. 😁👍

[@derekpyne]

Hi Em &Stu . Loved this video and like the info (you always give) which was interesting. Thanks guys 👌👍

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

Thank you very much we both hope you are well 😀

[@robertfreeman2608]

Thanks that was great really enjoyed this cant wait for next week.

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

Thanks Rob, we really enjoyed exploring this line.. we have another railway related one come next weekend 😁👍

[@martinmarsola6477]

A nice video today. Glad to join your channel. Cheers mates!

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

Thanks Martin, great to have you join us 😀 👍

[@kinawinkelstrahle2431]

Thank you so much! 😃❤ Kina from Sweden

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

You are welcome 😊

[@marklees8742]

Great video, interesting info , enjoyed that 👍! I Live in Saxmundham 😊!

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

Thanks Mark, glad you found the video interesting, we really love this part of Suffolk 😊

[@damonalbarn9854]

Wow Em & Stu, that is one large platelayers hut it was probably constructed during the LNER period and is a typical prefabricated concrete product of the 1930s. The platform was amazing too, well done for your great video highlighting a branch line that never really served a purpose for what it was intended for. Keep up the fatastic work you do there are many more hidden railway gems just waiting to be found and explored.

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

That comment was really nice thank you....we really tried to do well on this video even tho we don't show it on the video we had a few problems filming one being rain and two anti terrorist police surround us thinking we was plotting something but was later said we could leave and carry on lol but was a good day up till then 😀

[@007JHS]

If you go to places where you frequently get insect bites... order some Australian 'Aerogard,' online... quite expensive but very effective

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

Thanks for the tip! Will definitely look into it, especially useful for our camping trips 🙂👍

[@mcmarky1985]

Thanks for this one will look into visiting this year! I would recommend a visit to Swaffham there's a mile or so walk following the Disused railway west of the former station (you can park on Turbine Way) there's a few nice surprises - a signal!, 3 bridges (the last one is superb) retaining wall and a small bit of exposed platform edge (rest is buried).

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

Yes its a lovely walk along the old track bed with most being now public footpaths... I have a whole bookshelf full of old railway walks I must get round to doing, hopefully we'll fit in at least a couple this year. I'll definitely look into the one near Swaffham as it sounds like there's some interesting bits to see so thanks for the recommendation. Appreciate your comment and taking the time to watch 😊👍

[@raymondgill9796]

Interesting as always

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

Thank you hope you are well 😀

[@HauntedandAbandonedNorfolk]

Thanks guys - always an interesting watch 🙂

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

Thank you very much hope you are well 😀

[@dalem1140]

Cool. Nice local one👍

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

Thank you 😊

[@BEACHLIFE78]

Awesome video guys love all your info on the area.Mind those mozzies i got bit last week lol not nice.Have a great week guys 😎👍

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

Them things are terrible emma got bit really bad at one point the lumps didn't go down for two weeks or so....hope you are well 😀

[@sueb7065]

Very interesting video thank you.

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

Hi ya thank you very much 😊

[@doctorbastard2912]

Thanks for inc my mum and dad's old pub the railway inn😊

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

Looked like a lovely pub and nice to still see a nod to the old railway still there dispite all other evidence of the station now gone.. Thanks for watching 👍😊

[@7ANGLIA]

ANOTHER GOOD VIDEO,DIDNT KNOW THAT THERE WAS A RAILWAY AT THIS PLACE ,PLATELAYERS HUT,WE HAD ,AT KINGS LYNN HERE ONE OF THESE HUTS COLLAPSED AND KILLED 3 MEN IN THE 1980s!

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

I know we was really surprised how good of a place it was the platlayers hut was surprisingly big and really good to visit...hope you are well 😀

[@laurenceskinnerton73]

Interesting.

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

Thanks Laurence, hopefully we'll get some more local lost railway walks done soon 👍😊

[@explorewithme525]

I really enjoyed your video. I do the same sort of thing you guys do and I love a good disused railway I cover more west Yorkshire though. I would love to have an explore around Suffolk though especially since I am originally from leiston.

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

We'd love to get up your way and explore more railways.. we do have quite a few around here but there's not much to see along most of them, I guess due to the terrain being so flat there was little need for too many tunnels or viaduct.. We'll definitely get out and explore some more though as you never quite know what you might find.. Thanks for watching 😊

[@explorewithme525]

@@ExploringWithEmAndStu there is so much to explore just in the Bradford district alone. I have what's known as the alpine rout that ran from Queensbury to Keighley just down the road from me it is such an amazing feet of engineering in it's time. You definitely wouldn't regret a good explore up here.

[@weemanling]

Good thing you didn't fly the drone over the nuclear protected site next to the train loading area. That thing is manned 24/7 with an armed rapid response anti-terrorist police force a minute up the road.

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

We wouldn't do that anyway we spoke to the rapid armed police there and we got a good insight into it of course this wasn't recorded as had respect for the police we spoke to...thank you for your comments 😀

[@johnmanders4577]

@@ExploringWithEmAndStu The last spent fuel left in 2014.

[@halesworth01]

You are not allowed to fly the drone over, as you are in a no fly zone this extends from the power stations and covers the whole of Leiston, down to Thorpeness and up to Minsmere.

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

Yes you're right, there's really quite a large no fly zone around this area, much bigger than I'd have thought.. Lucky if we had tried to fly our drone it wouldn't have taken off thankfully..

[@halesworth01]

@@ExploringWithEmAndStu Ahhh you like me have a DJI then I guess? I think you will find it is a fairly standard NFZ around any licensed nuclear site. You would have had the CNC (Civil Nuclear Constabulary) breathing down your neck very quickly should you have managed to get airborne!

[@VickersDoorter]

A shame that the billions squandered on HS2 could have revived local economies in places like East Anglia, by reintroducing strategic branch lines.

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

Yes we often say the same, we've lots of lines around here that really wouldn't cost that much to bring them back to life again..

[@davidgoodsell6342]

It was a Beeching Cut.

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

Beeching certainly put the final nail in the coffin for this line although like most in this part of the country it had been scaled down considerably long before Beeching got his hands on it..