Open for Easter

Back in May 2025 the Permanent Way team made a commitment to undertake the construction of the new Aspall Halt platform and to have it ready for passengers to alight by Easter 2026, and on 25th March they achieved their target with 10 days to go.

As yet passengers will have to remain on the platform as there is more landscaping to do before the destination is complete, but the Middy has come a long way in a short space of time thanks to our P.W.Team and other specialist volunteers.

Everyone involved has given so much to this project and thanks to them all for their help, commitment, skill and goodhearted companionship, which means that Aspall Halt will be open for visitors to take in the way the line used to run through the glorious Suffolk countryside from this Easter.

Trains will be operated by two locos in steam with locos changing over at Dovebrook Halt to add interest for families and enthusiasts. This means that some trains could leave Brockford, disappear from sight and later return pulled by a different engine – magic!