Norwich railway station

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Norwich
Location
Place	Norwich
Local authority	Norwich
Operations
Managed by	'one'
Platforms in use	6
Annual entry/exit 04/05	2.421 million **
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Norwich railway station is a railway station serving the city of Norwich in Norfolk. The station is the terminus of the Great Eastern Main Line from London Liverpool Street. It is also the terminus of railway lines from Ely, Sheringham, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft.

[edit] History

At one time there were three railway stations with the name Norwich: Norwich Thorpe, the current station now simply named Norwich; Norwich Victoria which was once the terminus for services from London, and later a goods station before demolition; Norwich City which was the terminus for the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line from Melton Constable.

East Anglia's worst rail crash occurred between Norwich and Brundall in 1874, killing 24 people.

[edit] Services

The station is served by 'one' and Central Trains. Services are described below.

• 'one' operate two trains an hour to London Liverpool Street. One service runs fast, stopping only at Ipswich and Colchester. The other stops additionally at Diss, Stowmarket, Manningtree, Chelmsford and Stratford. Services are operated by either Class 90 or Class 86 electric locomotives, hauling Mk.3 or Mk.2 hauled coaching-stock. The locomotives operate in push-pull mode with either a DVT or a DBSO. The Class 86 and Mk.2 stock have been all but replaced with newer Class 90 and refurbished Mk.3 stock with class 86 locomotives acting as a "standby" in case of failure.
• 'one' operate an hourly regional express service from Cambridge to Norwich via Ely. These services use new Turbostar diesel multiple units.
• Central Trains operate regional express services to Birmingham or Liverpool, via Ely, Chesterfield, Nottingham, Grantham and Peterborough. These generally use Class 158, Class 170 and occasionally Class 156 diesel units.
• 'one' operate local services to Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth via the Wherry Lines. The majority of services operate to Great Yarmouth via Acle, with a few services operate via Reedham and the remote village of Berney Arms. The Lowestoft services all operate via Reedham.
• 'one' also operate local service to Cromer and Sheringham via the Bittern Line. All local services are operated by diesel multiple units of Classes 150, 153, 156 or 170.

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Norwich railway station from National Rail
• Street map and aerial photo of Norwich railway station from Multimap.com

• Norfolk Guide - Norwich Station

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Wymondham		Central Trains Peterborough-Norwich		Terminus
Wymondham		'one' Cambridge-Norwich		Terminus
Diss		'one' London-Norwich		Terminus
Terminus		'one' Norwich-Cromer-Sheringham		Salhouse
Terminus		'one' Norwich-Gt. Yarmouth/Lowestoft		Brundall Gardens
Terminus		Dutchflyer Norwich-Amsterdam		Diss