Westerfield Railway Station
Westerfield is a railway station in Westerfield Suffolk, England. The station is a junction of the Felixstowe Branch Line to Felixstowe, and the East Suffolk Line to Lowestoft 31⁄2 miles (5.6 km) east of Ipswich. Westerfield is a small village north of Ipswich and the station is situated on the south side of the village. As a result patronage has never been high and it might be the fact because the location is a junction that has been partly responsible for keeping it open. However, a report commissioned by Suffolk County Council reported that 25,384 people lived in the catchment area for the station
Currently the station is served by Greater Anglia. All services are operated by diesel multiple units of Classes 153, 156 and 170. The Felixstowe line is operated as an hourly shuttle service to Ipswich, there is an hourly service to Saxmundham and every 2 hours this service continues to Lowestoft. Through the bushes behind the up platform can be seen the original platform and station building of the 'Felixstowe Dock & Railway Co' station.
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