Downham Market Train Station

• NO Waiting room
• YES Ticket machine
• YES Toilet
• YES Impaired Access Staff

Station facilities

• Accessibility
  • Accessible Public Telephones No
  • Accessible Taxis No
  • First Class Lounge No
  • Help Points YES Yes
  • Impaired Accessible Booking Office Counter No
  • Impared Access Staff YES Yes
  • Impared Access Ticket Gate No
  • Impaired Accessible Ticket Machines YES Yes
  • Induction Loop No
  • Impaired Mobility Set Down YES Yes
  • National Key Toilets YES Yes
  • Ramp for Train Access YES Yes
  • Wheel chairs Available No
  • Impaired Access Helpline Hours Monday - Sunday - open 24h
  • Impaired Access Staff Help Hours Monday - Friday - 06:00 to 17:00
    Saturday - 07:10 to 13:30
    Sunday
  • Accesible Ticket Machine

    All Great Northern ticket machines are able to sell tickets with Disabled Persons Railcard discounts.

    Ticket machines are of an accessible design, however their location and the station itself may not be. Please check the station map or the 'step free access' section before making your way to the station.

  • Helpline YES Yes
  • Helpline Contact Details

    For help with planning your journey or to book assistance, please contact our assisted travel helpline to discuss your requirements on:

    • Phone - 0800 058 2844
    • Textphone - 0800 138 1018
    
    Phone number: 0800 058 2844
    
  • Helpline Contact URL https://www.greatnorthernrail.com/travel-information/travel-help/assisted-travel/book-assistance-for-your-journey
  • Helpline Open Note

    The assisted travel helpline is not available on Christmas Day.

    
    
  • Impared Mobility Set Down

    Located at the front of the station

  • Step Free Access

    This is a Category B1 station: Step-free access to both platforms via separate entrances. Access between platforms via the street and a level crossing.

    The Assistance Meeting Point is by the ticket office.

    
    Coverage: partial Station
  • Step Free Access Coverage Whole Station
  • Staff Help

    Our Mobile Assistance Team is available to help you to complete your journey from this station if it is unstaffed.

    If you have not booked assistance and require help boarding at this station, then on arrival please contact this team by either:

    • pressing the 'emergency & assisted travel' Help Point button
    • calling us on the freephone number 0808 168 1238 - Please note this is for immediate assistance only
    • texting us on 07970 511077

    We will then arrange for our Mobile Assistance Team to reach you in good time before your train is scheduled to depart.

    Whether you pre-book your assistance or prefer more flexibility, we recommend arriving 20 minutes before your train is scheduled to depart.

• Restrooms
  • Toilets YES Yes
  • Baby Change No
  • Toilets Note

    Toilet located on platform 1.

    Toilets are available during staffed hours.

• Ticketing Services & Information
  • Oyster Pre-Pay No
  • Pre-Purchase Collection YES Yes
  • Ticket Machine YES Yes
  • Oyster Notes

    Oyster cannot be used at this station.

  • Penalty Fares GN
  • Smartcard Notes Smartcard Issued: Yes
    Smartcard Validator: No
    

    For more information on using the Key smartcard, please visit the Key smartcard webpage on the Great Northern website.

• Ticketing Hours
  • Ticket Office Hours Monday - Friday - 06:00 to 17:00
    Saturday - 07:10 to 13:30
    Sunday

• Station Information
  • ATM No
  • Baby Change No
  • Bureau De Change No
  • Lost Property No
  • Post Box No
  • Shops No
  • Seated Area YES Yes
  • Station Buffet YES Yes
  • Showers No
  • Trolley No
  • Wifi No
  • Waiting Room No
  • Lost Property

    If you have lost something at a Great Northern station or onboard a Great Northern train, please visit the Great Northern website and use the webform to register your lost item.

    Some Great Northern trains serve stations which are managed by other train operators (see below). You should consider logging your lost item with them, just in case it's been handed in at one of their stations.

    • London North Eastern Railway (LNER)
    • Greater Anglia
    • Transport for London including London Overground

    If you have found an item of lost property, please hand it in to a member of staff.

  • Staffing Level YES Yes

• Station Location & Directions
  • Latitude 52.60413
  • Longitude 0.365691

• Parking
  • Car Parking Details Phone number: 01895 262122
    
    Operator Name: A P C O A Parking U K
    Name: Station Car Park
    Spaces: 113
    Number Accessible Spaces: 7
    Accessible Spaces Note:

    Free parking is offered to all Blue Badge holders.

    Please ensure that your Blue Badge is displayed at all times when parking at any Thameslink, Southern or Great Northern station car parks.

    If dedicated Blue Badge bays are occupied, please park within any available standard bay (excluding premier bays) and display your Blue Badge.

    
    Accessible Car Park Equipment: No
    Cctv: No
    Open:
    Monday - Sunday - open 24h
    Url: https://www.apcoa.co.uk/great-northern/

• Phones, Internet & Wi-fi
  • Station Amenities: Telephone No
  • Web Kiosk: Available No
  • Station Amenities: Wi-Fi Find WiFi Hotspots around Downham Market station (http://btopenzone.hotspot-directory.com)
  • Telephone: Usage Type Cards And Coins

• Dining and Shopping
  • Dining & Shopping: Shops No
  • Dining & Shopping: Station Buffet YES Yes

• Cycle Storage
  • Availability YES Yes
  • Closed Circuit TV YES Yes
  • Location

    Located by the station entrance.

    Cycles are left at owners risk. Abandoned cycles may be removed.

  • Sheltered No
  • Spaces 24
  • Type Stands

• Bus information
  • Bus Service: Availability YES Yes
  • Bus Service: Note Information to plan your onward journey is available in a printable format can be found here (http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/posters/DOW.pdf)

• Baggage Services
  • Left Luggage: Available No

• Taxi Information
  • Availability YES Yes
  • Note YES

• Other transportation
  • Rail Replacement Services

    Please click the link for details regarding the rail replacement bus location.

    
    Rail Replacement Map: https://assets.nationalrail.co.uk/e8xgegruud3g/6q J Y4c V Cc N L X Ho1i Rmwa V X/2062b93cab0de87109483e233ec85fad/2023-09_ C I_ G N_ R R B_ D O W_ D R.pdf