Greater Anglia has announced that it is to upgrade the car park at Diss rail station in Norfolk.

The new-look car park will have a new layout, improved features and integrated access for local bus services to serve the station, including a new exit to Nelson Road.

Diss station is on the Great Eastern Main Line, 94 miles from London Liverpool Street and located between Stowmarket to the south and Norwich to the north. Diss is the only station on the Greater Anglia network to be served only by inter-city trains.

The operator has been working with Norfolk County Council, and has spent nine hundred thousand pounds on creating the new design.

The total the number of parking spaces will stay the same, but the South Car park will be extended, including an extra seven parking bays for disabled drivers, and five new electric vehicle charging points.

The project, which is expected to be completed later this autumn, also involves removing two dilapidated mobile buildings, creating safe walkways and installing extra lighting.

The car park will stay open throughout the works, with drivers able to use it as normal. The station also has facilities for bicycle storage.

Greater Anglia’s Asset Management Director, Simone Bailey, said, “This large project will transform the whole car park, improving facilities for customers and providing integrated access and exit for buses serving the station.

“As Diss continues to grow, we are pleased to upgrade and improve the car park to encourage more sustainable journeys by rail.”

“Norfolk County Council’s Cabinet Member for Highways, infrastructure and transport, Graham Plant, said,

“We’re working hard to provide Norfolk residents with as many options for green travel as possible: our Bus Service Improvement Plan has seen many new options put in place for bus travel, but rail is just as important for many.

“By improving the links between bus and rail travel at Diss, and by offering more electric vehicle charging points, Greater Anglia’s changes will give more people the chance to make rail their first choice of transport and to reduce their carbon emissions and their mileage too.”