Lakenheath railway station

Lakenheath
Lakenheath
Location
Place	Lakenheath
Local authority	West Suffolk
Grid reference	TL723863
Operations
Station code	LAK
Managed by	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*
2014/15	458
2015/16	416
2016/17	518
2017/18	468
2018/19	454
	National Rail – UK railway stations
	* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Lakenheath from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Lakenheath railway station is on the Breckland Line in the east of England, serving the village of Lakenheath, Suffolk. The line runs between Cambridge in the west and Norwich in the east.

Lakenheath is 82 miles 39 chains (132.8 km) from London Liverpool Street via Ely.

The station lies some three miles north of the village and is not within convenient walking distance of any sizeable population. However, there is a population of over 10,000 people (in Lakenheath as well as Feltwell and Hockwold cum Wilton) within a five-mile radius of the station.

Lakenheath registered just 454 passenger entries/exits in 2018/19, according to Office of Rail and Road estimates. The limited services that call at the station, on request and at weekends only, provide access to the RSPB Lakenheath Fen nature reserve immediately adjacent to the station.

Services

The former signal box, closed in June 2012

As of December 2019, on Saturdays there is one train to Stansted Airport and one train to Norwich, and on Sundays there are three trains to Stansted Airport and four to Norwich. There is no weekday service.

Trains stop on request only, and are operated by Greater Anglia, typically formed by brand new Class 755 diesel units which replaced the Class 170 trains used previously in 2019.

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External links

Train times and station information for Lakenheath railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Shippea Hill		Greater Anglia Breckland Line Weekends only		Brandon

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