| Great Yarmouth | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Great Yarmouth |
| Local authority | Great Yarmouth (borough) |
| Operations | |
| Station code | GYM |
| Managed by | National Express East Anglia |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 0.292 million |
| 2005/06 * | 0.284 million |
| 2006/07 * | 0.283 million |
| 2007/08 * | 0.417 million |
| 2008/09 * | 0.482 million |
| History | |
| Opened 1844 | |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Great Yarmouth from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
Great Yarmouth railway station, formerly known as Yarmouth Vauxhall railway station, is in Great Yarmouth in the English county of Norfolk. The station is the terminus of the Wherry Line 29 km (18¼ miles) from Norwich. There are two routes to Norwich, one via Acle and the other via Reedham.
The station is served by National Express East Anglia who operate an hourly service to Norwich each day of the week, with the service becoming half hourly during peak periods. As of May 2011 there are two Summer Saturdays services to London Liverpool Street to cater for tourists heading to the town. Most services travel via the Acle branch with only a few services operating via the remote village of Berney Arms and Reedham.
Facilities on offer at the station include a ticket office, a small newsagents and coffee kiosk, a burger van, public telephones, waiting room, toilets (disabled), bicycle and taxi ranks, bus stop and a taxi office.
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Before rail closures of the 1950s and the later Beeching Axe the station was the largest of three major railway stations in the town, and was then known as Yarmouth Vauxhall.[1]. Yarmouth Beach station was located on Nelson Road and was owned by M&GN who ran services up the Norfolk coast to Melton Constable and Peterborough. It was closed in 1959 and is now a coach station although plans exist to turn the area into offices. Yarmouth South Town railway station was owned by the Great Eastern Railway but operated as the a Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway and ran services through Gorleston and Lowestoft to join with the current East Suffolk Line for a mainline service to London. It was closed in 1970.
Yarmouth Vauxhall, now named just Great Yarmouth, is the only station to remain open. Services used to be run by Great Eastern Railway, and later LNER to Norwich. It was opened in 1844 when the line to Norwich through Reedham became one of the first railways in the county to open. The station was extensively damaged in World War II and was rebuilt in 1960. There used to be large sidings and an engine shed before they were demolished to make way for the new Asda superstore and bypass.
Off Peak Monday - Saturday Services
1tph to Norwich
2 saturday services to London Liverpool Street
Sunday Services
1tp2h to Norwich
A campaign has recently been launched to bring Great Yarmouth Station up-to-date. The "Fix Great Yarmouth Station" campaign[2][3] has been created to bring one of Norfolk's popular sea-side towns' railway station in the 21st century. Spencer McCormack, of BWell gyms, who has helped to co-ordinate the campaign, which has attracted more than 3,000 pledges of support since it was launched in February, said plans were progressing for a volunteer day on 19 June.[4]
A facebook group has also been created making it easy to get involved and find out whats happening[5]
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Acle | National Express East Anglia Wherry Lines (via Acle) |
Terminus | ||
| Berney Arms | National Express East Anglia Wherry Lines (via Reedham) |
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