Downham Market railway station
Downham Market 
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The southbound platform at Downham Market
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| Location | |
| Place | Downham Market |
| Local authority | King's Lynn and West Norfolk |
| Grid reference | TF602033 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | DOW |
| Managed by | Great Northern |
| Owned by | Network Rail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.432 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.453 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.460 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.492 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.500 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 27 October 1846 |
| Original company | Lynn and Ely Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| 27 October 1846 | Opened as Downham |
| 1 June 1981 | Renamed Downham Market |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Downham Market from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Downham Market railway station serves the town of Downham Market in the English county of Norfolk. The station lies on the Fen Line from Cambridge to King's Lynn, which is electrified at 25 kV AC overhead since 1992. The station building (1846), built of carrstone with pale brick dressings, is Grade II listed.
The station is served by Great Northern as part of their express service from London King's Cross to King's Lynn via Ely.
The Lynn & Ely Railway Bill received the Royal Assent on 30 June 1845. Work started on the line in 1846 and the line and its stations were opened on 27 October 1846. Downham Station opened with the line and was situated south of Stow Station and was a temporary end of the line. The line was completed to Ely in 1847. On New Year's Day Downham station ceased to be a temporary terminus when the line was opened through to Denver Road Gate.
The new line connected King's Lynn and its harbour with Ely and trains to London.
The wooden signal box, built for the Great Eastern Railway in 1881, was listed Grade II in 2013.
In early 2017, the station was redecorated to commemorate Network SouthEast, the British Rail division that operated services across England's south east 30 years previously. With assistance from the Railway Heritage Trust, paintwork and signage has been returned to a style that mimics that of the late 1980s.
Outside peak hours the services run non-stop between London and Cambridge as part of the half-hourly "Cambridge Cruiser" service. One train per hour continues beyond Cambridge, stopping at all stations on the Fen Line to King's Lynn. These services currently use Class 365 electric multiple units. The station is also served by the Abellio Greater Anglia service between King's Lynn and London Liverpool Street service using Class 317 electric multiple units as part of its extended peak service timetable.
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