Westerfield railway station

Westerfield
View of the station from the level crossing
General information
Location	Westerfield, East Suffolk England
Grid reference	TM170472
Managed by	Greater Anglia
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	WFI
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	1 June 1859
Passengers
2018/19	11,642
Interchange	2,461
2019/20	11,284
Interchange	3,136
2020/21	10,188
Interchange	1,017
2021/22	12,988
Interchange	4,092
2022/23	13,970
Interchange	4,453
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Westerfield railway station is on a branch line off the Great Eastern Main Line, in the East of England, serving the village of Westerfield, Suffolk. It is 3 miles 41 chains (5.7 km) from Ipswich and 72 miles 25 chains (116.4 km) from London Liverpool Street. It is situated at the junction of the Felixstowe Branch Line to Felixstowe, and the East Suffolk Line to Lowestoft. Its three-letter station code is WFI.

The station was opened in 1859 and is on the south side of the small village of Westerfield. Patronage has never been high and it may be the fact that its location as a junction of two branches has been partly responsible for keeping it open. Notwithstanding its low usage, a report commissioned by Suffolk County Council reported that 25,384 people lived in the catchment area for the station.^[1]

Westerfield station is currently managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving the station. Services are typically formed of Class 755 trains. The Felixstowe line sees an hourly shuttle service to Ipswich and there is an hourly service to and from Lowestoft which was introduced in 2012 following the completion of a passing loop at Beccles. Behind the Ipswich-bound platform the original platform and station building of the Felixstowe Dock & Railway Company can still be seen.