Long Melford railway station is a disused station that served the village of Long Melford in Suffolk, England. It opened in 1865 as "Melford" and was renamed "Long Melford" in 1884. The station was on the Stour Valley Railway between and , operated by the Eastern Counties Railway, as well as a branch line between Sudbury and . Services over the latter route ended in 1961 and the station and Stour Valley line closed in 1967 as part of the Beeching cuts. The station building is now a private residence.

A proposal to extend services by building a light railway between Long Melford and Hadleigh was reported in the Haverhill Echo on 10 March 1900, but was never built.

Long Melford railway station

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Long Melford station on navigable 1946 O. S. map

Long Melford station on Subterranea Britannica website

Disused railway stations in Suffolk

Former Great Eastern Railway stations

Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1865

Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1967

Beeching closures in England

1865 establishments in England

1967 disestablishments in England

Long Melford

Long Melford railway station