Great Yarmouth railway station
Great Yarmouth 
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Great Yarmouth railway station in 1993
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| Location | |
| Place | Great Yarmouth |
| Local authority | Borough of Great Yarmouth |
| Coordinates | 52°36′42″N 1°43′15″E / 52.6118°N 1.7207°ECoordinates: 52°36′42″N 1°43′15″E / 52.6118°N 1.7207°E |
| Grid reference | TG519080 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | GYM |
| Managed by | Abellio Greater Anglia |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| DfT category | C2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.441 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.462 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.461 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.437 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.409 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Yarmouth and Norwich Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| 1 May 1844 | Opened as Yarmouth Vauxhall |
| ? | Renamed Yarmouth |
| 16 May 1989 | Renamed Great Yarmouth |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Great Yarmouth from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Great Yarmouth railway station (originally Yarmouth Vauxhall) is one of two eastern termini of the Wherry Lines in the East of England, serving the seaside town of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. The other terminus at the eastern end of the lines is Lowestoft, and the western terminus to which all trains run is Norwich.
Trains from Great Yarmouth run to Norwich via one of two routes: either via Acle (the majority of services follow this more regularly used line), or via Reedham. Via Acle, Great Yarmouth is 18 miles 29 chains (29.6 km) down-line from Norwich, and via Reedham it is 20 miles 45 chains (33.1 km) down the line.
The station is currently managed by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also operates all of the trains that call. Off-peak there is one train per hour to Norwich, with the service increasing in frequency during peak times. There are also frequent Saturday services to and from London Liverpool Street.
The Bill for the Yarmouth and Norwich Railway (Y&NR) received Royal Assent on 18 June 1842. Work started on the line in April 1843 and the line and its stations were opened on 1 May 1844. Great Yarmouth station was originally named Yarmouth Vauxhall. Yarmouth Station was, and still is, east of Berney Arms Station. The Y&NR line to Norwich through Reedham was the first railway in the county to open.
On 30 June 1845 a Bill authorising the amalgamation of the Yarmouth & Norwich Railway with the Norwich & Brandon Railway came into effect and Yarmouth Vauxhall station became a Norfolk Railway asset.
The Eastern Counties Railway (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 Yarmouth-Vauxhall Station on 8 May 1848.
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