Attleborough railway station
Attleborough 
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| Location | |
| Place | Attleborough |
| Local authority | Breckland |
| Coordinates | 52°30′51″N 1°01′16″E / 52.51428°N 1.02119°ECoordinates: 52°30′51″N 1°01′16″E / 52.51428°N 1.02119°E |
| Grid reference | TM051950 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | ATL |
| Managed by | Abellio Greater Anglia |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.171 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.158 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.154 million |
| 2014/15 |
 0.154 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.154 million |
| History | |
| 30 July 1845 | Opened |
| 12 September 1966 | Closed to freight |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Attleborough from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Attleborough railway station is on the Breckland line in the east of England, serving the town of Attleborough, Norfolk. The line runs between Cambridge in the west and Norwich in the east. Attleborough is situated between Eccles Road and Spooner Row, 108 miles 19 chains (174.2 km) from London Liverpool Street via Ely.
The station is managed by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also operates most of the services calling at the station. Some East Midlands Trains also stop at Attleborough.
The Bill for the Norwich & Brandon Railway (N&BR) received Royal Assent on 10 May 1844. The line was to link with an Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) project of a line from Newport in Essex to Brandon in Norfolk. Once complete the line would enable trains to travel from Norwich to London. Work started on the line in 1844.
One month before the N&BR opened a Bill authorising the amalgamation of the Yarmouth & Norwich Railway with the N&BR came into effect and so Attleborough station became a Norfolk Railway asset.[1]
The line opened on 30 July 1845 including the ECR Brandon to Newport line. However, the line only got to Trowse, in the suburbs of Norwich, as the contractors were having to build a swing bridge to cross the navigable River Wensum. Attleborough station was, as it is now, situated east of Eccles Road station and west of Spooner Row station.
Two years after opening the Norfolk Railway closed Spooner Row in September 1847. This meant Wymondham was the next station east of Attleborough.
The ECR and its rival the Eastern Union Railway (EUR) were both sizing up the NR to acquire and expand their railway empire. The ECR trumped the EUR by taking over the NR, including Attleborough Station on 8 May 1848.
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