Hoveton & Wroxham railway station

Hoveton & Wroxham
Both platforms, showing the station buildings
Location
Place	Hoveton
Local authority	North Norfolk
Coordinates	52°42′55″N 1°24′29″E / 52.7154°N 1.4081°ECoordinates: 52°42′55″N 1°24′29″E / 52.7154°N 1.4081°E
Grid reference	TG302185
Operations
Station code	HXM
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	76,754
2005/06	77,707
2006/07	81,905
2007/08	101,084
2008/09	104,096
2009/10	100,254
2010/11	109,022
2011/12	113,854
2012/13	119,696
2013/14	122,653
2014/15	131,024
History
20 October 1874	Opened as Wroxham
12 May 1966	Renamed Hoveton & Wroxham
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hoveton & Wroxham from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Hoveton & Wroxham is a railway station serving the town of Wroxham in the English county of Norfolk. The station is technically situated in the adjacent village of Hoveton, but the two settlements are usually regarded as one.^[1][2]

The station is served by local services operated by Abellio Greater Anglia on the Bittern Line from Norwich to Cromer and Sheringham. It was previously a junction, with the former East Norfolk Railway route to County School diverging from the Cromer line a short distance north of the station; however this line closed to all traffic in 1982 and was subsequently dismantled.

The station is the last on the double track portion of the line from Norwich - the line becomes single north of here and remains so for the rest of the way to Sheringham (except for a loop at North Walsham and a short section into the station at Cromer).

Heritage connection

Nearby Wroxham railway station is the southern terminus of the narrow gauge Bure Valley Railway, which runs to Aylsham on the trackbed of part of the former East Norfolk Railway route to County School. This heritage line opened in 1990, reusing the former line's route. The heritage and National Rail stations are linked by a footpath.

Services

The following services currently call at Hoveton and Wroxham:

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

References

1. "Hoveton & Wroxham". National Rail Enquiries. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
2. "Ordnance Survey Election Maps". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 24 August 2016. Zoomed to station location with civil parish boundaries and names shown.

External links

• Media related to Hoveton & Wroxham railway station at Wikimedia Commons

• Map sources for Hoveton & Wroxham railway station

• Train times and station information for Hoveton & Wroxham railway station from National Rail