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Norwich railway station

Norwich National Rail
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Norwich railway station in 2008
Location
Place Norwich
Local authority City of Norwich
Coordinates 52°37′37″N 1°18′23″E / 52.6269°N 1.3065°E / 52.6269; 1.3065Coordinates: 52°37′37″N 1°18′23″E / 52.6269°N 1.3065°E / 52.6269; 1.3065
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
Annual rail passenger usage*
2011/12 Increase 3.885 million
2012/13 Increase 4.126 million
2013/14 Increase 4.140 million
2014/15 Decrease 4.072 million
2015/16 Decrease 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 RailUK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* 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 77 chains (185.0 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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