Acle railway station

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Acle
Acle station from the footbridge
Location
Place Acle
Local authority Broadland
Operations
Station code ACL
Managed by National Express East Anglia
Platforms in use 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 * 32,504
2005/06 * 31,949
2006/07 * 33,522
History
12 March 1883 Station opens
National Rail - UK railway stations
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 Acle from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

Acle railway station is a railway station serving the town of Acle in the English county of Norfolk. The station was built in 1883 and is located on the Norwich-Great Yarmouth Wherry Line.

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[edit] History

Opened by the Great Eastern Railway it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Railways.

The station is served by National Express East Anglia, who operate services between Norwich and Great Yarmouth. Services are operated by diesel multiple units of Classes 153, 156 or 170.

The station has the only passing loop on the Acle branch of the Wherry Line, and in times past was a coaling depot.

[edit] References

  • R.V.J.Butt, (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd.  ISBN 1 85260 508 1
  • A. Jowett, (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing.  ISBN 0 906899 99 0


[edit] Service

  Preceding station     National Rail     Following station  
Lingwood   National Express East Anglia
Wherry Lines
  Great Yarmouth

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 52°38′04″N 1°32′37″E / 52.63444, 1.54361

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