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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 km) down the main line (measured via Ipswich) from London Liverpool Street , the western terminus.
The station was opened in 1882 by the Lynn and Fakenham Railway, [2] and later became the southern terminus of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway (MG&N) line from Melton Constable. It became well-used, with services to Cromer and through-carriages to a range of destinations including Peterborough and Leicester .
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It was built on a triangular 12-acre site between the Great Eastern and Wherry Lines to the east of Norwich station. [1] It was opened on 27 October 1982, by the chairman of the British Railways Board, Peter Parker. [2] It replaced Norwich engine shed and allowed InterCity trains that had been serviced at Great Yarmouth to move to a central ...
Norwich Victoria was a railway station in Norwich, Norfolk, England, and the former terminus of the Great Eastern Main Line. It was at one time one of three stations located in Norwich, the others being Norwich City and Norwich Thorpe. City station closed in 1959, but Thorpe station, now known simply as Norwich, remains in use.
Norwich railway station is the busiest station, being used by around two and a half million passengers a year. The network is currently administered by Network Rail : services in the east of the county are mainly provided by Abellio Greater Anglia with regional services by East Midlands Railway ; and in the west by Great Northern with a weekday ...
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In Australia, a railway porter had various roles, similar to those described above. A baggage porter assisted with luggage; an operating porter assisted with safeworking duties; a station porter assisted with general station duties; and as in British usage a lad porter was a junior station porter.