Lowestoft railway station
Lowestoft 
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Lowestoft railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Lowestoft |
| Local authority | Waveney |
| Grid reference | TM547928 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | LWT |
| Managed by | Abellio Greater Anglia |
| Number of platforms | 3 (numbered 2, 3 and 4) |
| DfT category | C2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.413 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.459 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.471 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.460 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.435 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Norfolk Railway |
| Pre-grouping |
Eastern Counties Railway Great Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping |
London and North Eastern Railway Eastern Region of British Railways |
| 1 July 1847 | Opened as Lowestoft |
| 1855 | Rebuilt |
| 1 October 1903 | Renamed Lowestoft Central |
| 3 May 1971 | Renamed Lowestoft |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Lowestoft from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Lowestoft railway station (formerly Lowestoft Central) serves the town of Lowestoft, Suffolk, and is the eastern terminus of the East Suffolk Line from Ipswich and is one of two eastern termini of the Wherry Lines from Norwich (the other being Great Yarmouth). Lowestoft is 23 miles 41 chains (37.8 km) down-line from Norwich and is the easternmost station on the National Rail network in the United Kingdom.
The station is currently managed by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also operates all of the trains that call. Services are typically formed by Class 153, 156 or 170 diesel multiple units.
According to Office of Rail Regulation usage figures for 2010/11, Lowestoft was, after Ipswich, Stowmarket and Bury St Edmunds, the fourth-busiest station in Suffolk. Until the late 1960s the station was served more frequently, with regular express trains for holidaymakers in the summer to and from London Liverpool Street and local services to Great Yarmouth.
Lowestoft station is conveniently situated between the south end of the shopping area in the town centre and the north end of the sea front. Facilities at the station include and ticket office and machine, shelters, seating in the booking hall and toilets. The ticket office is staffed during the day. A pay and display car park is provided, as is a taxi rank and cycle storage. Local buses call at the station which is a Plusbus location.
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