Thetford railway station

Thetford
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Location
Place	Thetford
Local authority	Breckland, Norfolk
Grid reference	TL867836
Operations
Station code	TTF
Managed by	Abellio Greater Anglia
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.192 million
2005/06	0.199 million
2006/07	0.206 million
2007/08	0.213 million
2008/09	0.219 million
2009/10	0.236 million
2010/11	0.243 million
2011/12	0.258 million
2012/13	0.287 million
2013/14	0.290 million
2014/15	0.295 million
History
Key dates	Opened 30 July 1845 (30 July 1845)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Thetford from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Thetford railway station is a railway station serving the town of Thetford in the English county of Norfolk. It is served by local services operated by Abellio Greater Anglia on the Breckland Line and Long distance East Midlands Trains services. It lies 30½ miles (49 km) west of Norwich on the line to Peterborough and Cambridge. It is the nearest railway station from the Center Parcs resort of Elveden Forest, 5 miles west of the station.

History

The original station building of knapped flint was constructed by Norwich & Brandon Railway in 1845; the brickwork extension dates from 1889, and the year is engraved on its facade. The well-preserved station complex is a Grade II listed building.

Thetford station was once also the terminus for a branch to Swaffham which branched off at the next station along the line (Roudham Junction). That branch was closed in 1964 as part of the Beeching Axe. The other branch (Thetford to Bury St Edmunds line) ran south, calling at the town's other station (Thetford Bridge) which closed to passengers in 1953.

Service

Generally, there are two trains per hour eastbound to Norwich (one non-stop, the other calling at Attleborough & Wymondham) while westbound there is an hourly service to Cambridge (Abellio Greater Anglia) and an hourly service to Liverpool Lime Street via Peterborough, Nottingham and Manchester Piccadilly (East Midlands Trains). Both westbound services call at Ely, where connections are also available for Stansted Airport and both main London termini.

References

File:Thetford Signal Box - geograph.org.uk - 1929580.jpg

The signal box in June 2010 (Closed August 2012)

External links

• Map sources for Thetford railway station

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

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Ely		East Midlands Trains Liverpool-Norwich		Norwich
Brandon Limited Service				Harling Road Limited Service
Brandon		Abellio Greater Anglia Breckland Line		Attleborough
				Harling Road Limited Services
Historical railways
Brandon Line and station open		Great Eastern Railway Bury and Thetford (Swaffham Branch)		Roudham Junction Line open, station closed
Disused railways
Terminus		Great Eastern Railway Thetford to Bury St Edmunds line		Thetford Bridge Line and station closed