Spooner Row railway station
Spooner Row 
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| Location | |
| Place | Spooner Row |
| Local authority | South Norfolk |
| Coordinates | 52°32′06″N 1°05′10″E / 52.5351°N 1.0860°ECoordinates: 52°32′06″N 1°05′10″E / 52.5351°N 1.0860°E |
| Grid reference | TM094975 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SPN |
| 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 |
 338 |
| 2012/13 |
264 |
| 2013/14 |
 388 |
| 2014/15 |
490 |
| 2015/16 |
664 |
| History | |
| 30 July 1845 | Opened |
| 13 July 1964 | Closed to freight |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Spooner Row from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Spooner Row railway station is on the Breckland Line in the east of England, serving the small village of Spooner Row, Norfolk. The line runs between Cambridge in the west and Norwich in the east.
Spooner Row is situated between Attleborough and Wymondham, 111 miles 27 chains (179.2 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street via Ely. The station is managed by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also operates all of the services calling at the station.
It is one of the least-used stations in the United Kingdom, with just 664 passenger entries/exits in 2015/16, according to Office of Rail and Road estimates.
The Bill for the Norwich & Brandon Railway (N&BR) received Royal Assent on 10 May 1844. The line was to link with an Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) project of a line from Newport in Essex to Brandon in Norfolk. Once complete the line would enable trains to travel from Norwich to London. Work started on the line in 1844. The line and its stations were opened on 30 July 1845. Spooner Row station opened with the line and was, as now, situated east of Attleborough station and west of Wymondham station. The line ran from Ely to Trowse, in Norwich. The link into Norwich was delayed due to the need to build a bridge over the River Wensum that kept the river navigable.
One month before the N&BR opened a Bill authorising the amalgamation of the Yarmouth & Norwich Railway with the N&BR came into effect and so Spooner Row station became a Norfolk Railway asset.
The NR closed Spooner Row station in September 1847.
In 1848 the NR was absorbed by the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR). The ECR reopened Spooner Row station on 1 December 1855.
Results of the reopening must have been disappointing because the ECR decided to close Spooner Row again on 1 August 1860.
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