Lowestoft railway station

Lowestoft railway station is a railway station serving the town of Lowestoft in Suffolk. The station is the terminus of two routes; the Wherry Line from Norwich and the East Suffolk Line from Ipswich.

The station is served by 'one'. All services are operated by diesel multiple units of Classes 150, 153, 156 or 170. Some services are operated direct to London Liverpool Street via the East Suffolk Line using new Turbostar units.

According to Strategic Rail Authority usage figures (2003) Lowestoft is after Ipswich the most used station in Suffolk, with busy commuter traffic to Norwich and to a lesser extent to Ipswich. Up until the late 1960's the station was busier still with regular extra direct express trains for holiday makers in the summer (see British Rail Eastern Region timetable 1966) and local services to Great Yarmouth (withdrawn in 1970).

The station is staffed and much of the original historical structure remains: however,it lost many of its facilities (including its overall roof and WH Smith bookshop) some years ago. It retains one of the last original British Rail enamel signs in situ on its frontage (see photograph) proudly declaring "British Railways - Lowestoft Central" The "Central" was to distinguish the station from Lowestoft North on the line to Great Yarmouth South Town.