Acle railway station

Acle
Acle station from the footbridge
General information
Location	Acle, Broadland England
Grid reference	TG398100
Managed by	Greater Anglia
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	ACL
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	Great Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
12 March 1883	Opened
Passengers
2017/18	44,914
2018/19	45,336
2019/20	41,618
2020/21	8,478
2021/22	33,642
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Acle railway station is on the Wherry Lines in the east of England, serving the town of Acle, Norfolk. It is 10 miles 34 chains (16.8 km) down the line from Norwich on the route to Great Yarmouth. Its three-letter station code is ACL.

History

Opened by the Great Eastern Railway in 1883, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway following the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways upon nationalisation in 1948.

When sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Regional Railways until the privatisation of British Railways.

Today the station is served by Greater Anglia, which operates the services between Norwich and Great Yarmouth. Until 2019, trains were formed by diesel multiple units of Classes 153, 156 or 170. During the summer months, some locomotive-hauled trains, top-and-tailed with a Class 37 at either end, would work certain services on the Wherry Lines. All services are now operated by the brand new Class 755 Stadler FLIRT electro-diesel multiple units.

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

Services

As of May 2020 the typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service at Acle is as follows:

• 1tph (train per hour) to Great Yarmouth
• 1tph to Norwich

Services are reduced to 1tp2h on Sundays.

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Station on navigable O.S. map

External links

• Train times and station information for Acle railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Lingwood or Norwich		Greater Anglia Wherry Lines		Great Yarmouth