Acle railway station is on the
Wherry Lines
The Wherry Lines are railway branch lines in the East of England, linking to and . There are 14 stations including the three termini. They form part of Network Rail Strategic Route 7, SRS 07.11 and are classified as a rural line.
The line ...
in the
east of England, serving the town of
Acle, Norfolk. It is down the line from on the route to . 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
Grouping may refer to:
* Muenchian grouping
* Principles of grouping
* Railways Act 1921, also known as Grouping Act, a reorganisation of the British railway system
* Grouping (firearms), the pattern of multiple shots from a sidearm
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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
Regional Railways was one of the three passenger sectors of British Rail created in 1982 that existed until 1997, two years after privatisation. The sector was originally called ''Provincial''.
Regional Railways was the most subsidised (per pas ...
until the
privatisation of British Rail
The privatisation of British Rail was the process by which ownership and operation of the railways of Great Britain passed from government control into private hands. Begun in 1994, it had been completed by 1997. The deregulation of the indust ...
ways.
Today the station is served by
Greater Anglia, which operates the services between Norwich and Great Yarmouth. Until 2019, trains were formed by
diesel multiple units of Classes
153,
156
Year 156 (Roman numerals, CLVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silvanus and Augurinus (or, less frequently, year 90 ...
or
170. During the summer months, some locomotive-hauled trains,
top-and-tailed with a
Class 37 at either end, would work certain services on the Wherry Lines. All services are now operated by the brand new
Class 755 Stadler FLIRT electro-diesel multiple unit
An electro-diesel multiple unit (EDMU) or bi-mode multiple unit (BMU) is a form of a multiple unit that can be powered either by electric power picked up from the overhead lines or third rail (like an electric multiple unit – EMU) or by using ...
s.
The station has the only passing loop on the Acle branch of the line, and in times past there was a coaling depot.
Services
the typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service at Acle is as follows:
*1tph (train per hour) to
*1tph to
Services are reduced to 1tp2h on Sundays.
References
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Station on navigable O.S. map
External links
Railway stations in Norfolk
DfT Category F2 stations
Former Great Eastern Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1883
Greater Anglia franchise railway stations
Acle
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