Oulton Broad North is 22 miles 4 chains (35.5 km) down the line from Norwich on the route to Lowestoft.

Today, the station is managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains that call but is unstaffed.

The tracks from Lowestoft split into two separate lines to Norwich and Ipswich just before Oulton Broad North.

Trains to Ipswich pass Oulton Broad North closely, but there has never been a platform for them to call there.

As of December 2018, the typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service at Oulton Broad North is as follows: