Bury St Edmunds railway station
You can reach 20 stations directly from Bury St Edmunds on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Ipswich, with 55 trains a day.
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Bury St Edmunds is the nearest station for postcodes in IP32, IP33, IP29. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Bury St Edmunds
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ipswich | 55 | 52 | 0 |
| Stowmarket | 55 | 52 | 40 |
| Elmswell | 40 | 36 | 28 |
| Needham Market | 40 | 36 | 0 |
| Thurston | 40 | 36 | 28 |
| Cambridge | 36 | 34 | 28 |
| Newmarket | 36 | 34 | 28 |
| Kennett | 29 | 25 | 16 |
| Dullingham | 26 | 24 | 17 |
| Ely | 16 | 16 | 12 |
| March | 16 | 16 | 12 |
| Manea | 16 | 16 | 12 |
| Peterborough | 16 | 16 | 12 |
| Soham | 16 | 16 | 12 |
| Whittlesea | 16 | 16 | 12 |
| Colchester | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Manningtree | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Harwich International | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Mistley | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Wrabness | 1 | 1 | 0 |
How busy Bury St Edmunds is
929,244 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 575th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 1,198 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket than any other pair: 139,928 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 13 stations instead of 20, a drop of about 35%. Saturday runs to 20.
Nearest other stations
- Thurston 4.1 miles
- Elmswell 8.5 miles
- Kennett 9.5 miles
- Thetford 11.5 miles
- Stowmarket 13.0 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Bury St Edmunds, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Bury St Edmunds Eastgate · 0.6 miles
- Saxham and Risby · 3.2 miles
- Ingham · 3.5 miles
- Welnetham · 4.7 miles
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More about this station on Wikipedia.