Oulton Broad North | |
Symbol Location: | gb |
Symbol: | rail |
Borough: | Oulton Broad, East Suffolk |
Country: | England |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Manager: | Greater Anglia |
Platforms: | 2 |
Code: | OUN |
Classification: | DfT category F2 |
Original: | Norfolk Railway |
Pregroup: | Great Eastern Railway |
Postgroup: | London and North Eastern Railway |
Years: | 1 July 1847 |
Events: | Opened as Mutford |
Years1: | 1 July 1881 |
Events1: | Renamed Oulton Broad (Mutford) |
Years2: | November 1915 |
Events2: | Renamed Oulton Broad |
Years3: | 26 September 1927 |
Events3: | Renamed Oulton Broad North |
Footnotes: | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Oulton Broad North railway station (originally opened as Mutford and later known as Oulton Broad (Mutford) and Oulton Broad) is on the Wherry Lines in the east of England, and is one of two stations serving Oulton Broad, Suffolk. The other is on the East Suffolk Line. Oulton Broad North is 22chain4chain down the line from on the route to . The East Suffolk Line runs between Lowestoft and .
The station building dates from the station's opening in 1847. Today, the station is managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains that call but is unstaffed.
The tracks from Lowestoft split into 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 2018, the typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service at Oulton Broad North is as follows: