Editing Lowestoft (section)

==Transport==
[[File:09.01.20 Lowestoft 755424 and 755327 (49364254117).jpg|thumb|Trains at Lowestoft station|alt=Image trains at railway station]]
[[Lowestoft railway station]], originally Lowestoft Central, is centrally placed within walking distance of the beach and the town centre. It provides services to Ipswich on the [[East Suffolk Line]] and to Norwich on the [[Wherry Line]].<ref name="eastsuff">[http://www.eastsuffolkline.com/home.html East Suffolk Line] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526095011/http://www.eastsuffolkline.com/home.html |date=26 May 2011}}. Plans for through trains to [[Liverpool Street railway station|London Liverpool Street]] were announced in 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2011.</ref><ref name="wherry">[http://www.wherrylines.org.uk/ The Wherry Lines]. Retrieved 9 April 2011.</ref> Both lines were originally part of the [[Great Eastern Railway]] and are operated by [[Greater Anglia]]. The suburb of Oulton Broad has two stations: {{rws|Oulton Broad North}} lies on the line to {{rws|Norwich}}, while {{rws|Oulton Broad South}} is on the line to {{stnlnk|Ipswich}}.

{{rws|Lowestoft North}}, originally operated by the [[Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway]], closed in 1970 with the [[Yarmouth–Lowestoft Line|Lowestoft to Great Yarmouth]] line. The site is now taken by the residential Beeching Drive.

[[Buses in Lowestoft]] are mainly operated by [[First Bus East of England|First Eastern Counties]], with Lowestoft bus station as the hub. They link the town with Norwich and Great Yarmouth and provide services within the town and to surrounding villages. The [[Excel (bus route)|Excel X1]] route runs a link to [[Peterborough]]. [[National Express Coaches]] stop in Lowestoft on the [[London]]–[[Great Yarmouth]] route.

The main [[A12 road (Great Britain)|A12 road]] to [[London]] passes through Carlton Colville, Pakefield and Kirkley in the southern area of Lowestoft, ending at the town's harbour [[Bascule Bridge]]. It connects there to the [[A47 road]], which runs around the centre of town, before exiting along Great Yarmouth Road, crossing the [[county]] [[border]] into [[Norfolk]].

A second road from the town centre, the A1044, links the town to Oulton Broad, via its second road crossing over [[Lake Lothing]], and connects with the [[A146 road|A146]] that runs between Lowestoft, Beccles and Norwich.<ref name=scctran11/> Both bridges can be raised if vessels need to pass through the harbour and Lake Lothing, though this can cause congestion in the town and routes can become gridlocked.<ref name=scctran11/><ref name="bbc12sep07">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/6991761.stm Grant could help cut congestion], BBC news website, 12 September 2007. Retrieved 2011-04-09.</ref><ref name="highways">Faber Maunsell Limited (2009) [http://www.waveney.gov.uk/site/scripts/download.php?fileID=378 A12 Lowestoft study: Lake Lothing third crossing feasibility study] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719115236/http://www.waveney.gov.uk/site/scripts/download.php?fileID=378 |date=19 July 2011}} (online). Retrieved 9 April 2011.</ref> {{as of|2021|06}} a [[Gull Wing Bridge|third crossing]] of Lowestoft Harbour is under construction. A southern relief road was built to divert traffic from the seafront,<ref name="sccsunrise"/><ref name=bbc27jun06>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/5120424.stm Seaside town relief road opened], BBC news website, 27 June 2006. Retrieved 2013-01-26.</ref> while a proposed pedestrian and cycle bridge is planned as an alternative crossing alongside the Bascule Bridge.<ref name="bbc13oct11">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-15289409 Lowestoft's £6.25m for transport but no third road bridge], BBC Suffolk news website, 13 October 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2013.</ref>

Lowestoft's cycle network has routes that link areas to the town centre. About 12 per cent of residents cycle to work. The town is seen as "ideally suited" to cycling due to its relatively small size and flat landscape.<ref name=scctran11/> Suffolk County Council aims to promote cycling by working with employers and schools and by funding a town-centre pedestrian and cycle bridge.<ref name=scctran11/>