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Owen Road, DISS, IP22 4ER

This train is operating one of the half-hourly services between Norwich and London Liverpool Street, which are the only services that serve Diss Station. To the right of the train can be seen the track of the freight loop that allows freight trains to be passed by faster passenger services if necessary. In front of the train can be seen the foot crossing used by station staff.

Viewed from the station car park.

This is the view looking northwards from the Norwich-bound platform at Diss Station. Just beyond the end of the platform is a foot crossing for use by railway staff. Beyond the two main lines is a loop line, with part of the station car park fenced off beyond it. The silos are used for grain storage and there are still railway sidings in place to serve the site.

Looking north east from Diss Railway Station.

Off Gilray Road

Line towards Norwich.

Diss railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line and located about 32 kilometres (20 miles) south of Norwich. The station was once situated between Burston and Mellis stations but a number of stations between Diss and Norwich have since been shut. Diss is presently operated and served by National Express East Anglia and has the rare distinction of being served exclusively by Intercity trains. A local railway - Betts’ railway - was built in Victorian times to take produce to the station and bring back manure from the many London horses. It has long since been shut down and no traces appear to have remained of it. The Great Eastern Railway grew in a rather piecemeal fashion from a number of smaller companies, and it did not complete its London terminus at London Liverpool Street until 1874. Historically, its routes served East Anglia, the East Coast and London’s north eastern suburbs, and this pattern is maintained today.

Looking across to Platform 2 (trains for Norwich).

Abellio Greater Anglia, Class 90, No. 90003 departing from Platform 2 for Norwich.