Halesworth Station Moving Platforms

A set of 4 movable passenger, railway platforms dating to 1888, refurbished in 1922, all built for the East Suffolk Line.

MATERIALS: the platforms are narrow and rectangular in form, constructed of cross-braced, wrought-iron with wooden planks forming the platform surfaces, which also have iron railings.

PLAN: the platforms are to the north west of the station building and are along both sides of the track.

DESCRIPTION: the moving platforms are of cross-braced iron and are in four sections which meet in the middle when closed. The platforms surfaces are of timber boards and have iron railings. Although they are presently permanently closed, the platforms swung open internally, across the tracks, in four sections, which also provided a bridge between the two platforms. The curved ends of the platforms swung into matching curved brick enclosures. The platform on the north side bears a plaque stating ‘BOULTON AND PAUL LTD, ENGRS 1922’. There is also a platform gate on the north side.

The station building itself is essentially a post-war, and partial, reconstruction of the original building and as such is not considered to be of special interest.