Norwich railway station

Norwich

Location

Place

Norwich

Local authority

Norwich, Norfolk

Operations

Station code

NRW

Managed by

National Express East Anglia

Platforms in use

Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail

Annual rail passenger usage

2004/05 *

2.422 million

2005/06 *

2.528 million

2006/07 *

2.712 million

History

1 May 1844

Opened

12 December 1849

Renamed (Norwich Thorpe)

3 May 1886

Resited on adjacent site

5 May 1969

Renamed (Norwich)

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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 passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Norwich from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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History

At one time there were three railway stations with the name Norwich: Norwich Thorpe, the current station now simply named Norwich; Norwich Victoria which was once the terminus for services from London, and later a goods station before demolition; Norwich City which was the terminus for the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line from Melton Constable.

East Anglia's worst rail crash occurred between Norwich and Brundall in 1874, killing 24 people.

When the station closed briefly for electrification works in 1986, Trowse railway station a disused suburban station was re-opened as the terminus of the line. It closed again when Norwich re-opened.

Services

National Express East Anglia operate two trains an hour to London Liverpool Street. Both services stop at Diss, Ipswich, Manningtree and Colchester. Alternate services stop at either Stowmarket and Shenfield or Chelmsford and Stratford. There is one morning peak service which starts at Great Yarmouth and goes to London Liverpool Street, with its only intermediate stop after Norwich being Ipswich. It is operated by a Class 170 diesel multiple unit. All other services are operated by Class 90, the Class 86 electric locomotives now retired, hauling Mk.3 (Again, Mk.2 now retired) coaching-stock. The locomotives operate in push-pull mode with a DVT which replaced the DBSO. The Class 86 and Mk.2 stock have been all been replaced with newer Class 90 and refurbished Mk.3 stock with class 47 locomotives acting as a "standby" in case of failure - this service provided by Cotswold Rail.

National Express East Anglia operate an hourly regional express service from Cambridge to Norwich via Ely. These services use Turbostar diesel multiple units.

East Midlands Trains operate regional express services to Liverpool, via Ely, Peterborough, Grantham, Nottingham and Chesterfield. These generally use Class 158 and Class 170 diesel units. In 2007, Stagecoach East Midlands were awarded the route for Liverpool to Norwich and will only be using Class 158 units, mostly from Transpennine Express.

National Express East Anglia operate local services to Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth via the Wherry Lines. The majority of services operate to Great Yarmouth via Acle, with a few services operate via Reedham and the remote village of Berney Arms. The Lowestoft services all operate via Reedham.

National Express East Anglia also operate local service to Cromer and Sheringham via the Bittern Line. All local services are operated by diesel multiple units of Classes 153, 156 or 170.

As with many UK mainline stations, there are no locker facilities available at Norwich station.