Stowmarket railway station

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Stowmarket
Location
Place	Stowmarket
Local authority	Mid Suffolk
Operations
Managed by	'one'
Platforms in use	=2
Annual entry/exit 04/05	0.418 million **
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Stowmarket railway station is a railway station serving the town of Stowmarket in Suffolk, England. The station is located on the Great Eastern Main Line from London Liverpool Street to Norwich. It is also the junction of the line to Ely.

The station is served by 'one'. Services are described below.

• 'one' operate two express trains an hour to London Liverpool Street, calling at Ipswich, Manningtree, Chelmsford and Stratford. There are also two trains an hour to Norwich, calling at Diss. Services are operated by Class 90 electric locomotives, hauling Mk.2 or Mk.3 hauled coaching-stock. The locomotives operate in push-pull mode with either a DBSO or a DVT. The Class 90s replaced older Class 86 locomotives, and the Mk.2 stock is being replaced with newer refurbished Mk.3 stock. These services were previously operated by Anglia Railways until April 2004.
• 'one' operate regional services to Bury St Edmunds and thence to Cambridge or to Peterborough via Ely. Some of the services from Cambridge are extended to Harwich International. In addition, there are a few direct London-Bury services in the morning and evening peaks. All of these services use diesel multiple units of Classes 150, 153, 156 or 170.The Station now has a wine shop.The Wine Shop.

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Stowmarket railway station from National Rail
• Map and aerial photo of Stowmarket railway station from Multimap.com

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Ipswich		'one' London-Norwich express		Diss
Needham Market		'one' Ipswich-Cambridge/Peterborough		Elmswell
Ipswich		Dutchflyer Norwich-Amsterdam		Diss
		Dutchflyer Cambridge-Amsterdam		Bury St Edmunds