Lakenheath railway station

Lakenheath
General information
Location	Lakenheath, West Suffolk England
Grid reference	TL723863
Managed by	Greater Anglia
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	LAK
Classification	DfT category F2
Passengers
2019/20	416
2020/21	246
2021/22	476
2022/23	562
2023/24	480
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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 476 passenger entries/exits in 2021/22, 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 February 2023, on Saturdays there is one train to Stansted Airport departing at 11:13 and one train to Norwich departing at 15:50, and on Sundays there are three trains to Stansted Airport and four to Norwich. There is no weekday service.

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

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