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Stowmarket station in Suffolk offers a picturesque welcome to an ancient market town. The Ipswich & Bury Railway opened the station in 1846, and the original red brick building, designed in the idiosyncratic Jacobean style, was restored in 1987 and is Grade II listed. Lying 80 miles from London Liverpool Street, Stowmarket sits between Needham Market to the south and Diss to the north - the journey to the capital takes about 90 minutes. Visitors to Stowmarket should make a beeline for the town's medieval heart, found around the St. Peter and St. Mary Church - to reach it, head over the River Gipping and down Tavern Street. On your way, see how many of the 131 buildings listed by the Department of National Heritage you can spot. The town centre is also worth a peek, particularly Bury Street and the Old Fox Yard. Edward III granted the town a market charter in 1347 and markets continue to this day, running on Thursdays and Saturdays.

Ticket office

Ticket Machine	Available
Staff help	Unavailable
Staffing level	The staff is available at specific times. Please check at the station.
Oyster Prepay	Unavailable
Oyster topup	Unavailable
Oyster validator	Unavailable
Pre-purchase collection	Available

Luggage

Left Luggage	Unavailable
Left Luggage Website	https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/

Facilities

Shops	Available
Shops note	News agent
Postbox	Available
Telephones	Available
Telephone types	Cards and coins
Station Buffet	Available
Station Buffet notes	Coffee kiosk Cold drinks vending machine Food vending machine
ATM	Available
ATM notes	Located by the ticket office
Bureau de Change	Unavailable
Tourist Information Office	Unavailable
Nearest station with more facilities	Step free access between platforms is via level crossing. For journeys towards Diss and Norwich use Creeting Road West and for journeys towards Colchester and London please use Prentice Road. Distance between the two platforms is approximately 600 metres of 5 minutes walk

Toilets

Toilets	Available
Toilets notes	The toilets are located on Platform 2.
Showers	Unavailable
Baby change	Available

WiFi

WiFi	Available
WiFi notes	Find WiFi Hotspots around Stowmarket station.
Web kiosk	Unavailable

Staffing and customer service

Staff Help notes	Assistance at this station is provided by both station staff and an onboard member of staff
Customer Service notes	Monday-Saturday 08:00-20:00. Sunday 10:00-20:00. Bank Holidays 09:00-18:00. The hours shown are for the Customer Relations team on 0345 600 7245 (option 8). Closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Customer help points	Available
CCTV	Available

Parking

Carpark name	Station Car Park
Carpark operator	National Car Parks Ltd
Car parking spaces	382

Bicycle Facilities

Cycle storage	Available
Cycle storage spaces	74
Sheltered cycle storage	Available
Cycle storage CCTV	Unavailable
Cycle storage notes	cycle storage in the car park and on each platform
Cycle storage notes	There are lockers available.

Accessibility

Ramps for train access	Available
Wheelchairs	Unavailable
Induction Loop	Available
Accessible ticket machines	Available
Accessible Booking Office counter	Available
Accessible taxis	Accessible taxis are available at this station, please see below for more information
Accessible taxis notes	Stowmarket station is served by a taxi rank or a cab office. Check availability before travelling, and pre-book if necessary. Consider using the following local operators: Stowmarket (01449 677777) or Goldstar (01449 676767).

First Class Lounge

The main entrance can be found on Prentice Road. From the small ticket office, double doors lead onto platform 2 (Norwich, Peterborough and Cambridge). Access to platform 1 (Ipswich and London Liverpool Street) is via a footbridge or three entrances on the other side of the building. There are toilets on platform 2. Step-free access between platforms is possible using the Stowupland Road level crossing.

Departures
Arrivals

Departing to	Train	Time	Platform	Status
to Ipswich	Greater Anglia	18:46	1	On time
to Norwich	Greater Anglia	18:50		Scheduled
to Norwich	Greater Anglia	19:09		Scheduled
to Colchester	Greater Anglia	19:20	1	Late
to Norwich	Greater Anglia	19:22		Late

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Arriving from	Train	Time	Platform	Status
from Bury St Edmunds	Greater Anglia	18:45	1	On time
from London Liverpool Street	Greater Anglia	18:48		Scheduled
from London Liverpool Street	Greater Anglia	19:08		Scheduled
from Peterborough	Greater Anglia	19:19	1	Late
from London Liverpool Street	Greater Anglia	19:22		Late

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Trains to Stowmarket

Station details & facilities

Ticket office

Luggage

Facilities

Toilets

WiFi

Staffing and customer service

Parking

Bicycle Facilities

Accessibility

First Class Lounge

Departures and arrivals from Stowmarket

Departures

Arrivals

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