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Breckland Line

Breckland line
Norwich railway station.jpg
Norwich is the eastern terminus of the line
Overview
Type Heavy rail
System National Rail
Status Operational
Locale East of England
Termini Norwich
Cambridge
Stations 12
Operation
Opened 1845
Owner Network Rail
Operator(s) Abellio Greater Anglia
CrossCountry
East Midlands Trains
Great Northern
Character Secondary
Rolling stock Class 153/156
Class 158
Class 170
Technical
Track length 51 miles 8 chains (82.2 km)
Number of tracks 2
Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Loading gauge W10
Electrification 25 kV AC (between Cambridge and Ely and around Norwich)
Operating speed 75–90 mph
Route map

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Norwich
Wherry Lines & Bittern Line
River Wensum
Trowse
Norwich Victoria
Great Eastern Main Line
to London Liverpool Street
Hethersett
to Ashwellthorpe
Wymondham
Mid-Norfolk Railway
to Dereham
Spooner Row
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stop
Attleborough
Eccles Road
Harling Road
River Thet
to Holme Hale
and Swaffham
Roudham Junction
Thetford to Bury
St. Edmunds line
Thetford
Brandon
River Little Ouse
Cut-off channel
Lakenheath
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stop
Shippea Hill
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stop
Prickwillow
River Lark
River Great Ouse
Fen Line to King's Lynn

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