The station was originally opened as
Needham by the Ipswich & Bury Railway in 1846. The main building, described as "one of the best in East Anglia" by Biddle, was designed in a grand Jacobean style with decorative brickwork by Frederick Barnes and was completed by the contractor, Daniel Revitt, in 1849. It was later slightly simplified, and the platforms rebuilt, by the
London and North Eastern Railway (LNER). The station was closed by the
Eastern Region of British Railways in 1967 but reopened as
Needham Market in 1971. The main building, now in alternative use, is a Grade II
listed building. It was restored in 2000 by Spacia Ltd and won an award in the 2002 National Railway Heritage Awards. In April 2015, work commenced to improve the station, including the installation of an anti-slip composite fibreglass platform (Dura Platform) which features a patented design with in-built water management and snow-melting capabilities. However, this did not include making the southbound platform wheelchair accessible. ==Services==