Wymondham railway station
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| Location | |||
| Place | Wymondham | ||
| Local authority | South Norfolk, Norfolk | ||
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| Station code | WMD | ||
| Managed by | National Express East Anglia | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 95,998 | ||
| 2005/06 * | 100,118 | ||
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| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Wymondham from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Wymondham railway station is a railway station in the town of Wymondham in the English county of Norfolk. The station is served by local services operated by East Midlands Trains and National Express East Anglia on the Breckland Line 17 km (10¾ miles) west of Norwich to Peterborough and Cambridge.
Wymondham station is also the junction for the Mid-Norfolk Railway, although currently their passenger trains, running 11½ miles (19 km) north to East Dereham, operate from the separate Wymondham Abbey station. The two stations are about a mile apart.
Wymondham was also a junction for a line via Ashwellthorpe railway station.
An interesting feature of the line from here to Brandon is that an original telegraph Pole route is still in situ and used for signalling communication, it is one of the last to survive in the country.
[edit] Service
National Express East Anglia operate an hourly service eastbound to Norwich (12mins) and westbound to Cambridge (62mins). East Midlands Trains operate 4 daily eastbound services to Norwich and 2 daily westbound services to Ely, Peterborough and Liverpool Lime Street with a daily Cambridge service.
On Sundays, National Express East Anglia operate a predominantly hourly service to Cambridge and return to Norwich.
A Ticket Office was re-established by National Express East Anglia at Wymondham in 2005, 39 years after the station had become an unstaffed halt under British Railways. The Ticket Office is open on weekday mornings from 05.45 until 10.00hrs.
Wymondham Railway Station was named "Small Station of the Year" in the 2006 National Rail Awards.
The rural stations restaffing initiative won the inaugural "Putting Passengers First Award" at the 2007 National Rail Awards.
[edit] Future
The preserved Mid Norfolk Railway has proposed extending their own line to an adjacent station, which would offer easy interchange with National Rail services. More ambitiously, the proposed Norfolk Orbital Railway would see services restored between Wymondham and the Norfolk Coast. This would involve use of the track owned by the Mid Norfolk Railway. Wymondham Abbey would be the next station northwards. If direct services between Norwich and King's Lynn were ever restored, it is likely they would run through Wymondham.
[edit] External links
- Website Wymondham Station's own website
- Map sources for Wymondham railway station
- Train times and station information for Wymondham railway station from National Rail
- Photographs of Wymondham railway station
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Attleborough | East Midlands Trains Breckland Line |
Norwich | ||
| Spooner Row Attleborough on Sundays |
National Express East Anglia Breckland Line |
Norwich | ||
 Heritage railways |
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| Interchange with Wymondham Abbey railway station on the Mid-Norfolk Railway | ||||
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Kimberley Park | British Rail Eastern Region Wells to Wymondham, via East Dereham |
Terminus | ||
| Terminus | LNER Wymondham to Forncett, via Ashwellthorpe |
Ashwellthorpe | ||
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Wymondham Abbey | Norfolk Orbital Railway Proposed |
Terminus | ||
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