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After a few hours at Stowmarket i head to Norwich to catch some more train action. I have never been to Norwich before so here was my opportunity. It was also a matchday in Norwich, after Norwich City FC had beaten Millwall 4-3 most of them spiled into the station. By 5:30pm most of the trains were standing room only so i decided to highlight most of the activity that happened.
Norwich info:
Norwich railway station (formerly Norwich Thorpe) is the eastern terminus of the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England, serving the city of Norwich, Norfolk. It is 114 miles 40 chains (184.3 km) down the main line from London Liverpool Street, the western terminus.
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 Trains operates a service to Liverpool Lime Street.
History:
At one time there were three railway stations in Norwich: Norwich Thorpe, which is the current station still known locally as "Thorpe station"; Norwich Victoria, which was once the terminus for certain passenger services from London until 1916 as well as being a goods station until its demolition in the 1970s; and Norwich City, which was the terminus of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line from Melton Constable, which closed in 1959.
Services:
The following services currently call at Norwich during the off-peak:
East Midlands Trains: Norwich - Thetford - Ely - Peterborough - Grantham - Nottingham - Alfreton - Chesterfield - Sheffield - Stockport - Manchester Piccadilly - Manchester Oxford Road - Warrington Central - Widnes - Liverpool South Parkway - Liverpool Lime Street
Class 158
1x per hour
Greater Anglia: GEML Norwich - Diss - Ipswich - Manningtree - Colchester - London Liverpool Street
Class 90 + Mark 3 Coaching Stock
1x per hour
Greater Anglia: GEML Norwich - Diss - Stowmarket - Ipswich - Manningtree - Colchester - Chelmsford - Stratford - London Liverpool Street
Class 90 + Mark 3 Coaching Stock
1x per hour
Greater Anglia: Breckland Norwich - Wymondham - Attleborough - Thetford - Brandon - Ely - Cambridge North - Cambridge
Class 170
1x per hour
Greater Anglia: Bittern Norwich - Salhouse - Hoveton & Wroxham - Worstead - North Walsham - Gunton - Roughton Road - Cromer - West Runton - Sheringham
Class 153, Class 156, Class 170
1x per hour
Greater Anglia: Wherry Norwich - Brundall Gardens - Brundall - Lingwood - Acle - Great Yarmouth
Class 153, Class 156, Class 170, Class 37/Class 68 + Mark 2 Coaching Stock
1x per hour
Greater Anglia: Wherry Norwich - Brundall Gardens - Brundall - Cantley - Reedham - Berney Arms - Great Yarmouth
Class 153, Class 156, Class 170, Class 37/Class 68 + Mark 2 Coaching Stock
2x per day
Greater Anglia: Wherry Norwich - Brundall - Cantley - Reedham - Haddiscoe - Somerleyton - Oulton Broad North - Lowestoft
Class 153, Class 156, Class 170, Class 37/Class 68 + Mark 2 Coaching Stock
1x per hour
Accidents and incidents:
On 10 September 1874, the Thorpe rail accident, East Anglia's worst train crash, occurred at Thorpe St Andrew between Norwich Thorpe and Brundall, killing 25 people and injuring 75.
On 21 January 1881, two passenger trains collided at Norwich Thorpe junction just beyond Carrow Road Bridge. Both trains had their locomotive and leading carriage derailed. There were, however, no casualties.
On 21 July 2013, in the early hours, a passenger train ran into another which was stabled in Norwich's platform 6, injuring eight people. An investigation blamed driver fatigue.
Engine sheds:
Norwich engine shed was located to the south and west of the station. This depot closed in 1982 and was replaced by a new facility at Crown Point which in 2015 is responsible for the maintenance of the main line electric fleet and local diesel multiple units.
Miscellanea:
Before carriages were lit by electric lighting they were lit by gas. Norwich had an oil gas works and carriages north of a line from Harwich to Cambridge were supplied with oil gas. The gas was distributed to other stations in a dedicated fleet of ten tank wagons. Use of the facility declined in the 1930s although up until the 1950s catering vehicles were still supplied.
Children's author Arthur Ransome set the opening paragraph of Coot Club (1934) at Norwich Thorpe station. It also appears in the 1971 film The Go-Between.
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