Westerfield railway station

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Westerfield

Location

Place

Westerfield

Local authority

Suffolk Coastal

Operations

Station code

WFI

Managed by

National Express East Anglia

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

6,892

2005/06 *

8,197

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

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Westerfield railway station is a railway station in Suffolk, England, serving the small village of Westerfield and the Northern suburbs of nearby Ipswich. The station is a junction of the Felixstowe Branch Line to Felixstowe, and the East Suffolk Line to Lowestoft 6 km (3½ miles) east of Ipswich.

The station is served by National Express East Anglia. All services are operated by diesel multiple units of Classes 153, 156 and 170. The Felixstowe line is operated as an hourly shuttle service to Ipswich, whilst the Lowestoft service runs only every two hours. Some trains run direct from London Liverpool Street to Lowestoft via the East Suffolk Line, using new Turbostar units. Through the bushes behind the up platform can be seen the original platform and station building of the 'Felixstowe Dock & Railway Co' station.

[edit] Service

Generally there are one or two trains per hour to Ipswich and (a two-hourly service to London Liverpool Street Monday to Saturdays) westbound and an hourly service to Felixstowe and two-hourly service to Lowestoft.