Thetford railway station
Thetford 
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| Location | |
| Place | Thetford |
| Local authority | Breckland |
| Grid reference | TL867836 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | TTF |
| Managed by | Abellio Greater Anglia |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.258 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.287 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.290 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.295 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.300 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 30 July 1845 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Thetford from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Thetford railway station is on the Breckland Line in the east of England, serving the town of Thetford, Norfolk. The line runs between Cambridge in the west and Norwich in the east.
Thetford is situated between Brandon and Harling Road, 93 miles 50 chains (150.7 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street via Ely. The station is managed by Abellio Greater Anglia, which operates most of the services, typically one to two trains per hour in either direction. East Midlands Trains operates a regular service between Norwich and Liverpool Lime Street via Nottingham & Manchester Piccadilly.
It is the nearest station to the Center Parcs holiday village at Elveden Forest, approximately five miles to the west.
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.
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 Thetford station became a Norfolk Railway asset.[1]
The line opened on 30 July 1845 including the Eastern Counties Railway Brandon to Newport line. However, the line only went as far as Trowse, in the suburbs of Norwich, as the contractors were having to build a swing bridge to cross the navigable River Wensum. Thetford station was, when opened, between Brandon (Ely direction) and Roudham (Norwich direction).
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