Norwich railway station
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Norwich railway station (formerly Norwich Thorpe) is the northern terminus of the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England, serving the cathedral city of Norwich, Norfolk. It is 114 miles 77 chains (185.0 km) down the main line (measured via Ipswich) from London Liverpool Street, the western terminus.[1]
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General information | |
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Location | Norwich, City of Norwich England |
Coordinates | 52.6269°N 1.3065°E / 52.6269; 1.3065 |
Grid reference | TG239083 |
Managed by | Greater Anglia |
Platforms | 6 |
Other information | |
Station code | NRW |
Classification | DfT category B |
History | |
Original company | Great Eastern Railway |
Post-grouping | London & North Eastern Railway |
Key dates | |
1 May 1844 | Opened as Norwich |
12 December 1849 | Renamed Norwich Thorpe |
3 May 1886 | Re-sited |
5 May 1969 | Renamed Norwich |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 4.251 million |
2019/20 | 4.042 million |
Interchange | 0.427 million |
2020/21 | 0.968 million |
Interchange | 0.113 million |
2021/22 | 3.214 million |
Interchange | 0.358 million |
2022/23 | 3.964 million |
Interchange | 0.437 million |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
It is also the terminus of numerous secondary lines: the Breckland Line to Cambridge; the Bittern Line to Sheringham; and the Wherry Lines to Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft.
The station is currently managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates the majority of the trains that serve the station. East Midlands Railway operates the services to Liverpool Lime Street via Nottingham, Sheffield and Manchester Piccadilly.