North Walsham railway station

North Walsham
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Location
Place	North Walsham
Local authority	North Norfolk
Grid reference	TG281297
Operations
Station code	NWA
Managed by	Abellio Greater Anglia
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	135,575
2005/06	139,634
2006/07	147,132
2007/08	218,295
2008/09	225,658
2009/10	210,800
2010/11	215,874
2011/12	222,140
2012/13	242,386
2013/14	241,604
History
20 October 1874	Opened (North Walsham)
27 September 1948	Renamed (North Walsham Main)
?	Renamed (North Walsham)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at North Walsham from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

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North Walsham station in April 1977

North Walsham is a railway station in the town of North Walsham in the English county of Norfolk. The station is served by local services operated by Abellio Greater Anglia on the Bittern Line from Norwich to Cromer and Sheringham. The station was formerly known as North Walsham Main railway station.

Historically, the town was served by two adjacent railway stations; the existing station served the Great Eastern Railway line from Norwich to Cromer High, while nearby North Walsham Town railway station served the now closed lines to Melton Constable via Aylsham, Melton Constable via Mundesley and Sheringham, and Great Yarmouth via Potter Heigham. North Walsham Town closed on 28 February 1959, with Main station renamed simply "North Walsham".

In March 2010, the station signs were changed to advertise Paston College. The signs now say "North Walsham" with the slogan "Home of Paston College" written beneath.

The station is the site of the only passing loop on the route (although trains can also pass in the station at Cromer), which has been worked remotely from Norwich since the line was resignalled in 2000. The station goods yard meanwhile is the last operational freight location on the line - GB Railfreight dispatches regular bulk trainloads of petrochemicals (gas condensate piped in from various offshore North Sea gas fields) from here to Harwich Parkeston Quay. Aggregate traffic (in the form of spent railway ballast) has also been handled here in the past.

Train services

The following services currently call at North Walsham:

Operator	Route	Material	Frequency
Abellio Greater Anglia	Norwich - Salhouse - Hoveton and Wroxham - Worstead - North Walsham - Gunton - Roughton Road - Cromer - West Runton - Sheringham	Class 153, Class 156, Class 170	1x per hour

External links

• The Bittern Line official website
• North Walsham station (the south west one of the pair of stations) on navigable 1946 O. S. map
• Map sources for North Walsham railway station

• Train times and station information for North Walsham railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Worstead		Abellio Greater Anglia Bittern Line		Gunton