Oulton Broad North railway station
Oulton Broad North 
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Oulton Broad North railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Oulton Broad |
| Local authority | Waveney |
| Grid reference | TM524931 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | OUN |
| Managed by | Abellio Greater Anglia |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.119 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.126 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.124 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.126 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.119 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Norfolk Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| 1 July 1847 | Opened as Mutford |
| 1 July 1881 | Renamed Oulton Broad (Mutford) |
| November 1915 | Renamed Oulton Broad |
| 26 September 1927 | Renamed Oulton Broad North |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Oulton Broad North from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Oulton Broad North railway station is on the Wherry Lines in the east of England, and is one of two stations serving Oulton Broad, Suffolk. The other is Oulton Broad South on the East Suffolk Line. Oulton Broad North is 22 miles 4 chains (35.5 km) down-line from Norwich on the route to Lowestoft. The East Suffolk Line runs between Lowestoft and Ipswich.
The station building dates from 1847. Today it is managed by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains that call, but the station is unstaffed.
The track out of Lowestoft splits into the two separate lines to Norwich and Ipswich just before Oulton Broad North. Trains to Ipswich pass Oulton Broad North closely, but there has never been a platform for them to call there. The Ipswich trains call at Oulton Broad South, which is about three-quarters of a mile by road to the south.
As of December 2016[update] the typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service at Oulton Broad North is as follows:
Coordinates: 52°28′40″N 1°42′57″E / 52.4777°N 1.7157°E
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