Brundall Gardens railway station
Brundall Gardens  | |
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Looking west | |
| Location | |
| Place | Brundall |
| Local authority | Broadland |
| Grid reference | TG314083 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BGA |
| Managed by | Abellio Greater Anglia |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 |
 4,514 |
| 2005/06 |
 5,350 |
| 2006/07 |
4,903 |
| 2007/08 |
9,178 |
| 2008/09 |
11,330 |
| 2009/10 |
10,720 |
| 2010/11 |
11,010 |
| 2011/12 |
10,962 |
| 2012/13 |
12,144 |
| History | |
| Original company | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| 1 August 1924 | Opened as Brundall Gardens Halt |
| after 1948 | Renamed Brundall Gardens |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Brundall Gardens from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
| UK Railways portal | |
Brundall Gardens railway station is a railway station serving the western end of the village of Brundall in the English county of Norfolk. The station is located on the Wherry Lines linking Norwich with Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft.[1]
The station is served by Abellio Greater Anglia, who operate services between Norwich, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft.
History
A station at Brundall Gardens, initially known as Brundall Gardens Halt, was opened on 1 August 1924, eighty years after the opening of the line. This was in response to increasing amounts of tourism to the lakes and waterways close to the station.[2]
Services
The typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service is:
- 1 train per hour (tph) to Norwich
- 1 tph to Great Yarmouth, calling at Brundall, Lingwood and Acle
On Sundays this is reduced to a train every two hours in each direction.
References
- ↑ Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads. ISBN 0-319-23769-9.
- ↑ Gordon, D. I. (1968). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The eastern counties. Phoenix House. p. 171.
External links
Coordinates: 52°37′24″N 1°25′06″E / 52.62333°N 1.41833°E
- Train times and station information for Brundall Gardens railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Norwich | Abellio Greater Anglia Wherry Lines |
Brundall | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Whitlingham Line open, station closed |
Great Eastern Railway Yarmouth and Norwich Railway |
Brundall Line and station open | ||
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