Brandon railway station
Brandon 
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| Location | |
| Place | Brandon |
| Local authority | Breckland |
| Coordinates | 52°27′14″N 0°37′27″E / 52.4539°N 0.6243°ECoordinates: 52°27′14″N 0°37′27″E / 52.4539°N 0.6243°E |
| Grid reference | TL784872 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BND |
| Managed by | Abellio Greater Anglia |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 89,522 |
| 2012/13 |
0.101 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.102 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.103 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.106 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Eastern Counties Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| 30 July 1845 | Opened as Brandon |
| 1 July 1923 | Renamed Brandon (Norfolk) |
| 1 March 1925 | Renamed Brandon |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Brandon from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Brandon railway station is on the Breckland Line in the east of England, serving the village of Brandon, Suffolk, although the station is actually situated across the county boundary in Norfolk. The line runs between Cambridge in the west and Norwich in the east.
Brandon is situated between Lakenheath and Thetford stations, 86 miles 32 chains (139.0 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street via Ely. It is managed by Abellio Greater Anglia, which operates most of the services.
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, the soon to open, Brandon station became a Norfolk Railway asset.
The line opened on 30 July 1845 at the same time as the ECR Brandon to Newport (Essex) line which served Cambridge and Ely. 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. This was finished in December and on 15 December services started running through to Norwich.
Brandon station was, as it is now, situated east of Lakenheath and west of Thetford.
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