Attleborough train station
You can reach 48 stations directly from Attleborough on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Norwich, with 45 trains a day.
Attleborough is the nearest station for postcodes in NR17, NR16, IP25. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Attleborough
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwich | 45 | 39 | 27 |
| Thetford | 45 | 39 | 27 |
| Ely | 44 | 39 | 0 |
| Wymondham | 43 | 39 | 27 |
| Brandon | 40 | 39 | 0 |
| Cambridge | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| Cambridge North | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| Audley End | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Cambridge South | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Stansted Airport | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Whittlesford Parkway | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Nottingham | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Peterborough | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Alfreton | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Chesterfield | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Eccles Road | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Grantham | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Harling Road | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| March | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Sheffield | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Spooner Row | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Brundall | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Cantley | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Haddiscoe | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Liverpool Lime Street | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Liverpool South Parkway | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Lowestoft | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Manchester Piccadilly | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Manchester Oxford Road | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Oulton Broad North | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Reedham | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Stockport | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Somerleyton | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Warrington Central | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Widnes | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Loughborough | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Melton Mowbray | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Oakham | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Stamford | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Aslockton | 1 | 0 | 0 |
and 8 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Attleborough
Attleborough is on the Breckland Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Attleborough station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Attleborough station on 52 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 10 paths on the Wednesday, 1 path on the Saturday and 1 path on the Sunday. 8 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move.
The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.
| 00 | 03 | 06 | 09 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sun |
Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless
How busy Attleborough station is
175,046 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,471st busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Attleborough and Norwich than any other pair: 89,950 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 3 stations instead of 48, a drop of about 94%. Saturday runs to 17.
Nearest other stations
- Spooner Row 3.0 miles
- Eccles Road 3.7 miles
- Wymondham 5.4 miles
- Harling Road 6.3 miles
- Diss 10.6 miles
Facilities at Attleborough station
Attleborough is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
Parking at Attleborough station
- Station Car Park 80 spaces, 5 accessible
£3.00 a day
Cycle parking: 18 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 29 July 2026.
Getting to Attleborough station
Attleborough station is in Breckland, East of England, and is run by Greater Anglia.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Attleborough station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
From the Train Map UK shop See everything
