Buckenham railway station
Buckenham 
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| Location | |
| Place | Buckenham |
| Local authority | Broadland |
| Grid reference | TG350056 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BUC |
| 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 |
 100 |
| 2012/13 |
72 |
| 2013/14 |
 80 |
| 2014/15 |
88 |
| 2015/16 |
134 |
| History | |
| Original company | Yarmouth and Norwich Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| 1 May 1844 | Opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Buckenham from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Buckenham railway station is on the Wherry Lines in the east of England, serving the village of Buckenham, Norfolk. It is 6 miles 54 chains (10.7 km) down the line from Norwich on the route to Lowestoft and is situated between Brundall and Cantley. Its three-letter station code is BUC.
The station was opened in 1844. Today it is managed by Abellio Greater Anglia. According to usage estimates, Buckenham is one of the least-used stations in the country, registering just 134 passenger entries/exits in 2015/16. A limited number of services stop at the station on weekends, with no services on weekdays.
RSPB Buckenham Marshes is located next to the station, with RSPB Strumpshaw Fen a short walk away. Strumpshaw Hall Steam Museum is also located in the area.
The Bill for the Yarmouth & Norwich Railway (Y&NR) received Royal Assent on 18 June 1842. Work started on the line in April 1843 and it and its stations opened on 1 May 1844. Buckenham is situated east of Brundall and west of Cantley. The Y&NR was the first public railway line in Norfolk. On 30 June 1845 a Bill authorising the amalgamation of the Y&NR with the Norwich & Brandon Railway came into effect and Buckenham station became a Norfolk Railway asset.
Two years after the Norfolk Railway took over, Cantley station was closed, meaning Reedham was now the next station after Buckenham.
The Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) and its rival the Eastern Union Railway (EUR) were both sizing up the Norfolk Railway to acquire and expand their networks. The ECR trumped the EUR by taking over the Norfolk Railway, including Buckenham station, on 8 May 1848. Three years later, during January 1851, the ECR reopened Cantley station.
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