Norwich railway station

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Norwich
Norwich railway station in June 2008
General information
Location	Norwich, City of Norwich England
Coordinates	52°37′37″N 1°18′23″E / 52.6269°N 1.3065°E / 52.6269; 1.3065
Grid reference	TG239083
Managed by	Greater Anglia
Platforms	6
Other information
Station code	NRW
Classification	DfT category B
History
Original company	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London & North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 May 1844	Opened as Norwich
12 December 1849	Renamed Norwich Thorpe
3 May 1886	Re-sited
5 May 1969	Renamed Norwich
Passengers
2018/19	4.251 million
2019/20	4.042 million
Interchange	0.427 million
2020/21	0.968 million
Interchange	0.113 million
2021/22	3.214 million
Interchange	0.358 million
2022/23	3.964 million
Interchange	0.437 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Norwich railway station (formerly Norwich Thorpe) is the northern terminus of the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England, serving the cathedral city of Norwich, Norfolk. It is 114 miles 77 chains (185.0 km) down the main line (measured via Ipswich) from London Liverpool Street, the western terminus.^[1]

It is also the terminus of numerous secondary lines: the Breckland Line to Cambridge; the Bittern Line to Sheringham; and the Wherry Lines to Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft.

The station is currently managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates the majority of the trains that serve the station. East Midlands Railway operates the services to Liverpool Lime Street via Nottingham, Sheffield and Manchester Piccadilly.