The Jacobean-inspired frontage of Stowmarket station is always going to be somewhat compromised by traffic in the front car park. However, its grandeur cannot be denied being designed by the esteemed railway architect Frederick Barnes (1814-1898). It opened in 1846 and was fully restored in 1987 and is to be further improved with the installation of a new footbridge with accessibility lifts. This new and 'revolutionary' designed AVA bridge replaces the concrete version installed when the electrification of the GEML was under construction. This bridge replaced an original cast iron bridge that is now installed at Weybourne station on the North Norfolk Railway.
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