Oulton Broad North railway station

Oulton Broad North
Oulton Broad North station
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
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	82,427
2005/06	73,690
2006/07	69,502
2007/08	0.118 million
2008/09	0.119 million
2009/10	0.109 million
2010/11	0.114 million
2011/12	0.119 million
2012/13	0.126 million
2013/14	0.124 million
History
Original company	Norfolk Railway[1]
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
1 Jul 1847	Opened as Mutford[1]
1 Jul 1881	Renamed to Oulton Broad (Mutford)
Nov 1915	Renamed to Oulton Broad
26 Sep 1927	Renamed to 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 one of two railway stations serving Oulton Broad, a suburb of Lowestoft in Suffolk, England. The station is located on the Norwich-Lowestoft Wherry Line. The station building dates from 1847 when the line was opened, but is now unstaffed.

The station is served by Abellio Greater Anglia, who operate the majority of services between Norwich and Lowestoft. Services are operated by diesel multiple units of Classes 153, 156 or 170.

Oulton Broad North is a commuter station for workers and schoolchildren to Norwich and Lowestoft town centre. The figures (right) may underestimate usage, as in some cases it is cheaper to book tickets to/from Lowestoft rather than from this station.

The line from Lowestoft splits into lines to Norwich and Ipswich just before Oulton Broad North station. Trains to Ipswich pass Oulton Broad North closely, but there has never been any platform for them to stop there. The Ipswich trains have their own station at Oulton Broad South railway station, which is about three-quarters of a mile by road to the south.

The station in 2004

References

1. Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.

External links

• Train times and station information for Oulton Broad North railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 52°28′40″N 1°42′57″E / 52.4777°N 1.7157°E