Acle railway station

Acle
Acle station from the footbridge
Location
Place	Acle
Local authority	Broadland
Grid reference	TG398100
Operations
Station code	ACL
Managed by	Abellio Greater Anglia
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	48,170
2011/12	52,596
2012/13	52,356
2013/14	50,282
2014/15	48,076
History
Original company	Great Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
12 March 1883	Opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Acle from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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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-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 Abellio Greater Anglia, which operates the services between Norwich and Great Yarmouth. Trains are formed by diesel multiple units of Classes 153, 156 or 170.

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

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

External links

Coordinates: 52°38′04″N 1°32′37″E / 52.63444°N 1.54361°E

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