Stowmarket railway station

You can reach 27 stations directly from Stowmarket on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Ipswich, with 122 trains a day.

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Stowmarket is the nearest station for postcodes in IP14. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Stowmarket

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Ipswich	122	116	8
Colchester	67	63	6
Diss	67	64	42
Manningtree	67	65	1
Norwich	67	64	42
London Liverpool Street	65	62	6
Bury St Edmunds	55	52	40
Elmswell	40	36	28
Needham Market	40	36	0
Thurston	40	36	28
Stratford	39	37	2
Cambridge	36	34	28
Newmarket	36	34	28
Chelmsford	30	29	0
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
Witham	3	2	0
Harwich International	2	2	0
Shenfield	2	2	0
Mistley	1	1	0
Wrabness	1	1	0

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How busy Stowmarket is

975,908 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 551st busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 81,458 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Stowmarket and London Liverpool Street than any other pair: 278,238 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: 20 stations instead of 27, a drop of about 26%. Saturday runs to 27.

Nearest other stations

Needham Market 3.5 miles
Elmswell 5.0 miles
Thurston 9.1 miles
Westerfield 10.3 miles
Ipswich 11.4 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Stowmarket, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

Haughley · 2.3 miles
Haughley Road · 3.1 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.