Stowmarket railway station

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Stowmarket

The front of the station building

Location

Place

Stowmarket

Local authority

Mid Suffolk

Operations

Station code

SMK

Managed by

National Express East Anglia

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

0.418 million

2005/06 *

0.453 million

History

Key dates

Opened 1846

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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Stowmarket from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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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. It is served by National Express East Anglia.

1 Services
2 History
3 Marsh Lane Stabling Point
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Services

Services are described below.

National Express East Anglia operate one express train an hour to London Liverpool Street, calling at Manningtree, Chelmsford and Stratford. There is also one train an hour to Norwich, calling at Diss. Services are operated by Class 90 electric locomotives, hauling Mk.3 hauled coaching-stock. The locomotives operate in push-pull mode with a DVT. The Class 90s replaced older Class 86 locomotives, and the Mk.3 coaches replaced older Mk.2 stock. These services were operated by Anglia Railways until April 2004.
National Express East Anglia also 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 153, 156 or 170.

Preceding station		Following station
Ipswich	National Express East Anglia National Express East Anglia Intercity	Diss
Needham Market	National Express East Anglia Ipswich to Ely Line	Elmswell
Ipswich	Dutchflyer Norwich-Amsterdam	Diss
Ipswich	Dutchflyer Cambridge-Amsterdam	Bury St Edmunds

[edit] History

The station was opened by the Ipswich and Bury Railway in 1846 with red brick main buildings in a flamboyant Jacobean manner by Frederick Barnes. The buildings, which are Grade II listed, were restored in 1987 and partly let commercially.^[1] The station now has a wine shop.The Wine Shop Image:Wineshop.jpg

There are plans for there to be a fast food restaruant opening on platform 1 of the station.

[edit] Marsh Lane Stabling Point

Stowmarket is also the location of a DRS Stabling Point, known as 'Marsh Lane'. The stabling point consists of several sidings, although there are no fueling or inspection facilities for locomotives. A Crew office is provided on Platform 1 of Stowmarket Station.