Norwich railway station

Norwich is a railway station serving the city of Norwich in the English county of Norfolk. The station is the northern terminus of the Great Eastern Main Line from London Liverpool Street. It is also the terminus of railway lines from Ely, Sheringham, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft.

History
At one time there were three railway stations in Norwich. Norwich Thorpe which is the current station now simply named Norwich - though still known locally as "Thorpe Station", Norwich Victoria which was once the terminus for certain passenger services from the London direction until 1916 as well as a goods station until demolition in the 1970s, and Norwich City which was the terminus for the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line from Melton Constable which closed in 1959.

East Anglia's worst rail crash occurred at Thorpe St Andrew between Norwich and Brundall in 1874, killing 25 people and injuring 75.

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

Former train operating company Anglia Railways ran services known as London Crosslink from here to Basingstoke via Stratford. This service started in 2000 and ended in 2002.

Ticket barriers were installed in January 2009.

Station Layout

 * Platform 1: Greater Anglia Intercity services to London Liverpool Street and occasionally for services to Cambridge and East Midlands Trains services to Liverpool Lime Street via Nottingham


 * Platform 2: Greater Anglia Intercity services to London Liverpool Street


 * Platform 3: Greater Anglia Rural Services to Cambridge and East Midlands Trains services to Liverpool Lime Street via Nottingham


 * Platform 4: Greater Anglia Rural Services to Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Sheringham. It is also occasionally used at peak times for Intercity services to London Liverpool Street


 * Platform 5: Greater Anglia Rural Services to Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Sheringham.


 * Platform 6: Greater Anglia Rural Services to Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Sheringham.

The entire station is a terminus at the end of the Great Eastern Main Line, the Breckland line and the Bittern/Wherry Lines.

Train Services
The following services currently call at Norwich:

Accidents and incidents

 * On 21 July 2013, two passenger trains colided in Platform 6, injuring eight people.

Typical journey times

 * London Liverpool Street - 1h 55min
 * Cambridge - 1h 18min
 * Great Yarmouth (via Reedham) - 37min
 * Great Yarmouth (via Acle) - 33min
 * Sheringham - 58min
 * Nottingham - 3h 16min
 * Liverpool Lime Street - 6h 15min
 * Lowestoft - 46min

Bus services
Bus services depart from outside the station and on Thorpe Road. Bus services are operated by First, Anglian Bus, Simonds, Konectbus and Neaves.


 * 1 (Station - City Centre - Harford - Swainsthorpe - Flordon - Long Stratton - Tivetshall - Gissing - Diss)
 * 2 (Station - City Centre - Harford - Swainsthorpe - Long Stratton - Pulham - Tivetshall - Dickleburgh - Scole - Diss)
 * 8 (Toftwood - Dereham - City Centre - Station)
 * 14 (Wymondham - Hethersett - City Centre - Station - Dussindale Park - New Rackheath - Salhouse - Wroxham)
 * 14A (Wymondham - Hethersett - City Centre - Station - Dussindale Park - Rackheath - Wroxham)
 * 15 (Wymondham - Hethersett - City Centre - Station - Brundall - Blofield Heath)
 * 15A (Wymondham - Hethersett - City Centre - Station - Brundall - Lingwood)
 * 25, 25A, X25 (University - City Centre - Station)
 * 32 (City Centre - Station - Sprowston)
 * 121 (Eaton - City Centre - Station)
 * 122A (Keswick Hall - Cringleford - City Centre - Station)
 * 123 (City Centre - Station - Dussindale - Rackheath - Wroxham)
 * 124 (City Centre - Station - The Plumsteads - South Walsham)
 * A47 (City Centre - Station - Brundall - Blofield - Acle - Great Yarmouth - Gorleston - James Paget Hospital)
 * X47 (City Centre - Station - Acle - Great Yarmouth - Gorleston - James Paget Hospital) Limited stop service