Attleborough railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Attleborough |
| Local authority | Breckland, Norfolk |
| Operations | |
| Station code | ATL |
| Managed by | National Express East Anglia |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * |  133,370 |
| 2005/06 * | 139,252 |
| 2006/07 * | 154,442 |
| 2007/08 * |  151,389 |
| 2008/09 * | 0.156 million |
| History | |
| 30 July 1845 | Opened |
| 12 September 1966 | Closed to freight |
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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 estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Attleborough from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
- For the station in the United States, see Attleboro (MBTA station)
Attleborough railway station is a railway station serving the town of Attleborough in the English county of Norfolk. It is served by local services operated by East Midlands Trains and on the Breckland Line 16 miles (26 km) west of Norwich to Peterborough and Cambridge.
A new Ticket Office opened in 2008 as part of the National Express East Anglia 'Rural Stations Restaffing Initiative' , exactly 41 years and one week since the original was closed down. The staffing hours are 07.00 to 11.06 Monday to Friday.
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[edit] History
Opened by the Norfolk Railway, then run by the Great Eastern Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Railways.
Harold Westley was stationmaster during WWII. He was on duty when a well placed German bomb hit the Cider factory.
[edit] Service
Westbound, there is typically an hourly service operated by National Express East Anglia to Cambridge (57 minutes). East Midlands Trains operate three services per day to Nottingham via Ely and Peterborough. Two of these three services continue on to Sheffield, Manchester and Liverpool Lime Street.
Eastbound, National Express East Anglia operate an hourly service to Norwich (19 minutes) and East Midlands Trains operate three services per day also to Norwich.
On Sundays, National Express East Anglia operate an hourly service to Cambridge and an hourly service to Norwich.
[edit] References
- Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
- Station on navigable O.S. map
[edit] External links
- Map sources for Attleborough railway station
- Train times and station information for Attleborough railway station from National Rail
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Coordinates: 52°30′51″N 1°01′16″E / 52.51428°N 1.02119°E
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