Lowestoft railway station (formerly Lowestoft Central) serves the town of Lowestoft, Suffolk. It is the eastern terminus of the East Suffolk Line from and is one of two eastern termini of the Wherry Lines from (the other being ). Lowestoft is down the line from Norwich and measured from ; it is the easternmost station on the National Rail network in the United Kingdom. The station is currently managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates all of the trains that call. Services are typically formed of Class 755 FLIRT trains. According to Office of Rail Regulation usage figures for 2010/11, Lowestoft was the fourth-busiest station in Suffolk, after Ipswich, and . Until the late 1960s, the station was served more frequently, with regular express trains for holidaymakers in the summer to and from London Liverpool Street and local services to Great Yarmouth. However, as part of Greater Anglia’s new franchising agreement, services between Lowestoft and London will be reintroduced. Facilities and services Lowestoft station is conveniently situated between the south end of the shopping area in the town centre and the north end of the sea front. Facilities at the station include and ticket office and machine, shelters, seating in the booking hall and toilets. The ticket office is staffed during the day. A pay and display car park is provided, as is a taxi rank and cycle storage. Local buses call at the station, which is a Plusbus location. On weekdays, the station sees an hourly service to via the Wherry Lines with an extra service in the morning peak. The services tend to be regularly timed, usually departing at around 50 minutes past the hour during the day. The final service usually departs at 2330. Saturday services follow a similar pattern with a reduced service on Sundays. The journey time averages 40 minutes. The service to via the East Suffolk Line runs hourly following the opening of a passing loop at in December 2012. This usually leaves at 7 minutes past the hour. Sunday services run every two hours but depart at 5 minutes past each hour from the first train at 0805 to the last at 2005. The average journey time to Ipswich is around 1 hour and 30 minutes. Services the typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service at Lowestoft is as follows: History Early days On 30 June 1845, the Lowestoft Railway and Harbour Company was incorporated to