Somerleyton railway station explained

Somerleyton
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Somerleyton, East Suffolk
Country:England
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:Greater Anglia
Platforms:2
Code:SYT
Classification:DfT category F2
Original:Norfolk Railway
Pregroup:Great Eastern Railway
Postgroup:London and North Eastern Railway
Years:1 July 1847
Events:Opened
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Somerleyton railway station is on the Wherry Lines in the east of England, serving the village of Somerleyton, Suffolk. It is 18miles down the line from on the route to, and is less than 2miles from Somerleyton Hall on foot. Its three-letter station code is SYT.[1]

The station is managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates all of the trains that call.

In The Rings of Saturn, the author W. G. Sebald describes travelling by train from Norwich and crossing the line to walk to Somerleyton Hall.

Services

the typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service at Somerleyton is as follows:

External links

52.5102°N 1.6522°W

Notes and References

  1. Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads. .