Westerfield railway station
Westerfield 
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View of the station from the level crossing
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| Location | |
| Place | Westerfield |
| Local authority | Suffolk Coastal |
| Grid reference | TM170472 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | WFI |
| Managed by | 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 |
 14,792 |
| 2012/13 |
 13,282 |
| 2013/14 |
9,864 |
| 2014/15 |
9,490 |
| 2015/16 |
8,538 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1 June 1859 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Westerfield from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Westerfield railway station is on a branch line off the Great Eastern Main Line, in the East of England, serving the village of Westerfield, Suffolk. It is 3 miles 30 chains (5.4 km) east of Ipswich and 72 miles 25 chains (116.4 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street. It is situated at a junction of the Felixstowe Branch Line to Felixstowe and the East Suffolk Line to Lowestoft. Its three-letter station code is WFI.
The station was opened in 1859 and is located on the south side of the small village of Westerfield. Patronage has never been high and it may be the fact that its location as a junction of two branches has been partly responsible for keeping it open. Notwithstanding its low usage, a report commissioned by Suffolk County Council reported that 25,384 people lived in the catchment area for the station.
Westerfield station is currently managed by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving the station. Services are typically formed of Class 153, Class 156 and Class 170 trains. The Felixstowe line sees an hourly shuttle service to Ipswich and there is an hourly service to and from Lowestoft which was introduced in 2012 following the completion of a passing loop at Beccles. Behind the Ipswich-bound platform the original platform and station building of the Felixstowe Dock & Railway Company can still be seen.
In about 1847, the Ipswich & Bury Railway had secured the rights to build a line from Ipswich to Woodbridge but construction was delayed for financial reasons. The Ipswich & Bury Railway was absorbed by the Eastern Union Railway in 1847, which gathered a number of the smaller railway concerns together.
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