Wymondham railway station
Wymondham | |
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| General information | |
| Location | South Norfolk, Norfolk |
| Managed by | National Express East Anglia |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | WMD |
Wymondham railway station is a railway station in the town of Wymondham in the English county of Norfolk. The station is served by local services operated by East Midlands Trains and National Express East Anglia on the Breckland Line 17 km (10¾ miles) west of Norwich to Peterborough and Cambridge.
Wymondham station is also the junction for the Mid-Norfolk Railway, although currently their passenger trains, running 11½ miles (19 km) north to East Dereham, operate from the separate Wymondham Abbey station. The two stations are about a mile apart.
Wymondham was also a junction for a line via Ashwellthorpe railway station.
An interesting feature of the line from here to Brandon is that an original telegraph pole route is still in situ and used for signalling communication, it is one of the last to survive in the country.
Service
National Express East Anglia operate an hourly service eastbound to Norwich (12mins) and westbound to Cambridge (62mins). East Midlands Trains operate 4 daily eastbound services to Norwich and 2 daily westbound services to Ely, Peterborough and Liverpool Lime Street with a daily Cambridge service.
On Sundays, National Express East Anglia operate a predominantly hourly service to Cambridge and return to Norwich.
A Ticket Office was re-established by [[]National Express East Anglia] at Wymondham in 2005, 39 years after the station had become an unstaffed halt under British Railways. The Ticket Office is open on weekday mornings from 05.45 until 10.00hrs.
Wymondham Railway Station was named "Small Station of the Year" in the 2006 National Rail Awards.
The rural stations restaffing intiative won the inaugural "Putting Passengers First Award" at the 2007 National Rail Awards.
External links
- Website Wymondham Station's own website
- Map sources for Wymondham railway station
- Train times and station information for Wymondham railway station from National Rail
- Photographs of Wymondham railway station
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Attleborough | East Midlands Trains Breckland Line |
Norwich | ||
| Spooner Row Attleborough on Sundays |
National Express East Anglia Breckland Line |
Norwich | ||
 Heritage railways
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| Interchange with Wymondham Abbey railway station on the Mid-Norfolk Railway | ||||
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Kimberley Park | British Rail Eastern Region Wells to Wymondham, via East Dereham |
Terminus | ||
| Terminus | LNER Wymondham to Forncett, via Ashwellthorpe |
Ashwellthorpe |