Oulton Broad South railway station
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Oulton Broad South railway station (originally Carlton Colville) is on the East Suffolk Line in the east of England, and is one of two stations serving Oulton Broad, Suffolk. The other is Oulton Broad North on the Wherry Lines. Oulton Broad South is the next station along from Lowestoft on the line to Ipswich, and from Lowestoft the line crosses Mutford Bridge with a view of Lake Lothing to the east and Oulton Broad Lake to the west. The station is 115 miles 42 chains (185.9 km) measured from London Liverpool Street via Ipswich.
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Location | Oulton Broad, East Suffolk England | ||||
Coordinates | 52.4696°N 1.7076°E / 52.4696; 1.7076 | ||||
Grid reference | TM518922 | ||||
Managed by | Greater Anglia | ||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||
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Station code | OUS | ||||
Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | East Suffolk Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
1 June 1859 | Opened as Carlton Colville | ||||
26 September 1927 | Renamed Oulton Broad South | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 47,696 | ||||
2019/20 | 43,518 | ||||
2020/21 | 7,212 | ||||
2021/22 | 45,430 | ||||
2022/23 | 51,210 | ||||
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It is managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains that call.