Norwich railway station

Norwich
Location
Place	Norwich
Local authority	Norwich, Norfolk
Operations
Station code	NRW
Managed by	National Express East Anglia
Platforms in use	6
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	2.122 million
2005/06 *	2.328 million
2006/07 *	2.712 million
2007/08 *	3.450 million
History
1 May 1844	Opened
12 December 1849	Renamed (Norwich Thorpe)
3 May 1886	Resited on adjacent site
5 May 1969	Renamed (Norwich)
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Norwich from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Norwich railway station is a railway station serving the city of Norwich in the English county of 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.

History

At one time there were three railway stations in Norwich. Norwich Thorpe which is the current station now simply named Norwich, 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.

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 in 1986, 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.

Services

The station is served by National Express East Anglia and East Midlands Trains. Services are described below.

• National Express East Anglia operate two trains an hour to London Liverpool Street. Both services stop at Diss, Ipswich, Manningtree and Colchester. Alternate services stop at either Shenfield or Stowmarket, Chelmsford and Stratford. There is one morning peak service which starts at Great Yarmouth and goes to London Liverpool Street, with its only intermediate stop after Norwich being Ipswich. It is operated by a Class 170 diesel multiple unit. All other services are operated by Class 90, the Class 86 electric locomotives now retired, hauling Mk.3 (Again, Mk.2 now retired) coaching-stock. The locomotives operate in push-pull mode with a DVT which replaced the DBSO. The Class 86 and Mk.2 stock have been all been replaced with newer Class 90 and refurbished Mk.3 stock with class 47 locomotives acting as a "standby" in case of failure - this service provided by Cotswold Rail.
• National Express East Anglia operate an hourly regional express service from Cambridge to Norwich via Ely. These services use Turbostar diesel multiple units.
• East Midlands Trains operate regional express services to Liverpool, via Ely, Peterborough, Grantham, Nottingham and Chesterfield. These generally use Class 158 diesel units.
• National Express East Anglia 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.
• National Express East Anglia also operate local service to Cromer and Sheringham via the Bittern Line. All local services are operated by diesel multiple units of Classes 153, 156 or 170.

As with many UK mainline stations, there are no locker facilities available at Norwich station.

Gallery

This is a ONE train, terminated at Norwich Station

Trainspotters at the end of a platform at the station

A DBSO approaching Norwich station

See also

• Railways in Norfolk
• Norwich Victoria railway station
• Norwich City railway station

External links

• Train times and station information for Norwich railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 52°37′37″N 1°18′25″E / 52.627°N 1.307°E / 52.627; 1.307