Norwich Thorpe railway station
Norwich 
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Norwich railway station in 2008
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| Location | |
| Place | Norwich |
| Local authority | City of Norwich |
| Coordinates | 52°37′37″N 1°18′23″E / 52.6269°N 1.3065°ECoordinates: 52°37′37″N 1°18′23″E / 52.6269°N 1.3065°E |
| Grid reference | TG239083 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | NRW |
| Managed by | Abellio Greater Anglia |
| Number of platforms | 6 |
| DfT category | B |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 3.885 million |
| 2012/13 |
4.126 million |
| 2013/14 |
4.140 million |
| 2014/15 |
 4.072 million |
| 2015/16 |
4.049 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London & North Eastern Railway |
| 1 May 1844 | Opened as Norwich |
| 12 December 1849 | Renamed Norwich Thorpe |
| 3 May 1886 | Re-sited |
| 5 May 1969 | Renamed Norwich |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Norwich from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Norwich railway station (formerly Norwich Thorpe) is the eastern terminus of the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England, serving the city of Norwich, Norfolk. It is 114 miles 40 chains (184.3 km) down the main line from the western terminus, London Liverpool Street.
It is also the terminus of several secondary lines: the Breckland Line to Cambridge, the Bittern Line to Cromer and Sheringham, and the Wherry Lines to Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft. East Midlands Trains also operates a service to Liverpool Lime Street.
The station is currently managed by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also operates the majority of the trains that serve the station.
At one time there were three railway stations in Norwich: Norwich Thorpe, which is the current station still known locally as "Thorpe station"; Norwich Victoria, which was once the terminus for certain passenger services from London until 1916 as well as being a goods station until its demolition in the 1970s; and Norwich City, which was the terminus of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line from Melton Constable, which closed in 1959.
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