Norwich train station
You can reach 92 stations directly from Norwich on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Brundall, with 81 trains a day.
Address: Station Approach, Norwich, NR1 1EF
Norwich is the nearest station for postcodes in NR1, NR2, NR3, NR7, NR4, NR6, NR5, NR8. Check your own postcode.
- 92 direct destinations
- 119th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 70 parking spaces
Direct trains from Norwich
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brundall | 81 | 78 | 61 |
| Ipswich | 69 | 66 | 7 |
| Diss | 68 | 66 | 7 |
| Stowmarket | 68 | 64 | 7 |
| Thetford | 67 | 40 | 27 |
| Ely | 66 | 40 | 0 |
| London Liverpool Street | 66 | 64 | 6 |
| Colchester | 64 | 60 | 6 |
| Manningtree | 64 | 62 | 1 |
| Reedham | 46 | 43 | 41 |
| Attleborough | 45 | 39 | 27 |
| Great Yarmouth | 45 | 44 | 32 |
| Cantley | 44 | 41 | 40 |
| Wymondham | 44 | 39 | 27 |
| Brandon | 40 | 39 | 0 |
| Stratford | 40 | 37 | 2 |
| Brundall Gardens | 39 | 38 | 21 |
| Lowestoft | 39 | 36 | 30 |
| Oulton Broad North | 39 | 36 | 30 |
| Acle | 38 | 37 | 20 |
| Lingwood | 38 | 37 | 20 |
| Cromer | 37 | 36 | 31 |
| Haddiscoe | 37 | 35 | 28 |
| North Walsham | 37 | 36 | 31 |
| Somerleyton | 37 | 35 | 28 |
| Cambridge | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| Cambridge North | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| Hoveton and Wroxham | 36 | 35 | 31 |
| Sheringham | 36 | 36 | 31 |
| West Runton | 35 | 35 | 31 |
| Salhouse | 32 | 31 | 29 |
| Worstead | 32 | 31 | 29 |
| Chelmsford | 31 | 29 | 0 |
| Nottingham | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| Peterborough | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| Gunton | 27 | 26 | 16 |
| Grantham | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| Roughton Road | 26 | 25 | 16 |
| Alfreton | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Chesterfield | 24 | 0 | 0 |
and 52 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Norwich
Norwich is on the Norwich Oulton Broad and Lowestoft Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Norwich station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Norwich station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Norwich station is
4,556,674 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 119th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 553,617 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Norwich and London Liverpool Street than any other pair: 1,202,464 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: 32 stations instead of 92, a drop of about 65%. Saturday runs to 44.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Norwich loses 1 destination including Marks Tey.
Nearest other stations
- Brundall Gardens 4.7 miles
- Salhouse 4.9 miles
- Brundall 5.5 miles
- Buckenham 7.1 miles
- Hoveton and Wroxham 7.5 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Norwich, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Norwich Victoria · 0.7 miles
- Trowse · 0.8 miles
- Norwich City · 1.0 miles
- Whitlingham · 1.7 miles
- Hellesdon · 2.8 miles
- Swainsthorpe · 4.7 miles
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Facilities at Norwich station
Norwich is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 04:45 to 20:45 · Saturday: 04:45 to 20:45 · Sunday: 06:45 to 20:45
Toilets · WiFi
Parking at Norwich station
- Station Car Park 70 spaces, 5 accessible
£14.50 off-peak, £15.50 a day, £62.00 a week - Station Car Park
- Car Park 3
Cycle parking: 442 spaces (sheltered, racks).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 29 July 2026.
Getting to Norwich station
Norwich station is in Norwich, East of England, and is run by Greater Anglia.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Norwich 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
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