Lakenheath railway station is on the Breckland Line in the

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, serving the village of

Lakenheath Lakenheath is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk (district), West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. It has a population of 4,691 according to the 2011 Census, and is situated close to the county boundaries of both Nor ...

, Suffolk. The line runs between in the west and in the east. Lakenheath is from London Liverpool Street via . 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

, on Saturdays there is one train to departing at 11:13 and one train to 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.

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Railway stations in Suffolk DfT Category F2 stations Former Great Eastern Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1845 Railway stations served by Greater Anglia Railway request stops in Great Britain Lakenheath {{EastEngland-railstation-stub