Norwich railway station
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Norwich railway station | |
| Location | |
| Place | Norwich |
| Local authority | City of Norwich |
| Grid reference | TG239083 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | NRW |
| Managed by | Abellio Greater Anglia |
| Number of platforms | 6 |
| DfT category | B |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 |
 2.122 million |
| 2005/06 |
2.328 million |
| 2006/07 |
2.712 million |
| 2007/08 |
3.450 million |
| 2008/09 |
3.569 million |
| 2009/10 |
 3.496 million |
| 2010/11 |
3.749 million |
| 2011/12 |
3.885 million |
| 2012/13 |
4.126 million |
| 2013/14 |
4.140 million |
| History | |
| 1 May 1844 | Opened |
| 12 December 1849 | Renamed (Norwich Thorpe) |
| 3 May 1886 | Resited on adjacent site |
| 5 May 1969 | Renamed (Norwich) |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Norwich from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
| UK Railways portal | |
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Norwich (formerly Norwich Thorpe) is a railway station serving the city of Norwich in the English county of Norfolk. The station is the northern 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.
History
At one time there were three railway stations in Norwich. Norwich Thorpe which is the current station now simply named Norwich - though still known locally as "Thorpe Station", Norwich Victoria which was once the terminus for certain passenger services from the London direction until 1916 as well as a goods station until demolition in the 1970s, and Norwich City which was the terminus for the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line from Melton Constable which closed in 1959.
Thorpe rail accident, East Anglia's worst rail crash, occurred at Thorpe St Andrew between Norwich and Brundall in 1874, killing 25 people and injuring 75.
When the station closed briefly for electrification works under the Eastern Region in 1986 by, Trowse railway station, a disused suburban station, was put back into service as the terminus of the line. It closed again when Norwich re-opened.
Former train operating company Anglia Railways ran services known as London Crosslink from here to Basingstoke via Stratford. This service started in 2000 and ended in 2002.
Ticket barriers were installed in January 2009.
Station Layout
- Platform 1: Abellio Greater Anglia Intercity services to London Liverpool Street and occasionally for services to Cambridge and East Midlands Trains services to Liverpool Lime Street via Nottingham
- Platform 2: Abellio Greater Anglia Intercity services to London Liverpool Street
- Platform 3:Abellio Greater Anglia Intercity services to London Liverpool Street, Abellio Greater Anglia Rural Services to Cambridge and East Midlands Trains services to Liverpool Lime Street via Nottingham
- Platform 4: Abellio Greater Anglia Rural Services to Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Sheringham. It is also occasionally used at peak times for Intercity services to London Liverpool Street
- Platform 5: Abellio Greater Anglia Rural Services to Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Sheringham.
- Platform 6: Abellio Greater Anglia Rural Services to Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Sheringham.
The entire station is a terminus at the end of the Great Eastern Main Line, the Breckland line and the Bittern/Wherry Lines.
Train services
The following services currently call at Norwich:
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| East Midlands Trains Liverpool-Norwich | Terminus | |||
Limited Service |
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| Abellio Greater Anglia | ||||
| Terminus | Abellio Greater Anglia | |||
| Terminus | Abellio Greater Anglia | |||
| Terminus | Abellio Greater Anglia | |||
| Terminus | Dutchflyer Norwich-Amsterdam | |||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Terminus | Anglia Railways | |||
| Great Eastern Railway | Line open, station closed |
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| Great Eastern Railway Yarmouth and Norwich Railway | Line open, station closed |
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Accidents and incidents
- On 21 July 2013, two passenger trains collided in Platform 6, injuring eight people.[1]
Typical journey times
- London Liverpool Street - 1h 55min
- Cambridge - 1h 18min
- Great Yarmouth (via Reedham) - 37min
- Great Yarmouth (via Acle) - 33min
- Sheringham - 58min
- Nottingham - 3h 16min
- Liverpool Lime Street - 6h 15min
- Lowestoft - 46min
Bus services
Bus services depart from outside the station and on Thorpe Road. Bus services are operated by First, Anglian Bus, Simonds, Konectbus and Neaves.
- 1 (Station - City Centre - Harford - Swainsthorpe - Flordon - Long Stratton - Tivetshall - Gissing - Diss)
- 2 (Station - City Centre - Harford - Swainsthorpe - Long Stratton - Pulham - Tivetshall - Dickleburgh - Scole - Diss)
- 8 (Toftwood - Dereham - City Centre - Station)
- 14 (Wymondham - Hethersett - City Centre - Station - Dussindale Park - New Rackheath - Salhouse - Wroxham)
- 14A (Wymondham - Hethersett - City Centre - Station - Dussindale Park - Rackheath - Wroxham)
- 15 (Wymondham - Hethersett - City Centre - Station - Brundall - Blofield Heath)
- 15A (Wymondham - Hethersett - City Centre - Station - Brundall - Lingwood)
- 25, 25A,(University - City Centre - Station)
- 32 (City Centre - Station - Sprowston)
- 121 (Eaton - City Centre - Station)
- 122A (Keswick Hall - Cringleford - City Centre - Station)
- 123 (City Centre - Station - Dussindale - Rackheath - Wroxham)
- 124 (City Centre - Station - The Plumsteads - South Walsham)
- X47 (City Centre - Station - Brundall - Blofield - Acle - Great Yarmouth - Gorleston - James Paget Hospital)
- X47 (City Centre - Station - Acle - Great Yarmouth - Gorleston - James Paget Hospital) Limited stop service
Gallery
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This is a ONE train, terminated at Norwich Station
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Trainspotters at the end of a platform at the station
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A DBSO approaching Norwich station
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Trains terminated at Norwich station
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379001 arrives at Norwich on test
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Platform 5 with the service to Lowestoft
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Sometimes, trains between London and Norwich are operated by class 317s, class 360s or class 321s. 321359 is seen at platform 3
See also
References
- ↑ "Greater Anglia and East Midlands trains in Norwich station crash". BBC News Online. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Norwich railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Norwich railway station from National Rail
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