Cromer railway station
{{short description|Railway station in Norfolk, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Cromer
| symbol_location = gb
| symbol = rail
| image = CromerStation.jpg
| caption = Cromer railway station, facing towards the town centre
| borough = Cromer, North Norfolk
| country = England
| grid_name = Grid reference
| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|TG214420|25|TG214420}}
| manager = Greater Anglia
| platforms = 2
| code = CMR
| years = 16 June 1887
| events = Opened as Cromer Beach
| years1 = 20 October 1969
| events1 = Renamed Cromer
| mpassengers =
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.214 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 60,352}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 0.213 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 0.244 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 0.246 million}}
| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
}}
Cromer is a railway station which serves the coastal town of Cromer, in the English county of Norfolk. It is a stop on the Bittern Line between {{rws|Norwich}} and {{rws|Sheringham}}. The station is located {{convert|26|mi|52|chain|km}} down the line from Norwich.
History
The station opened as Cromer Beach on 16 June 1887.
As the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway (M&GNJR) line approached Cromer from the west, following the coastal clifftops, it avoided the steep escarpment which had prevented the earlier line from Norwich running all the way into the town. Consequently, it became possible to build a far more conveniently located station, near to the town centre and the beach.
It was renamed Cromer on 20 October 1969, following the closure of Cromer High station in 1954.
Cromer is one of only two former Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway stations to remain operational on the National Rail network; the other being the neighbouring West Runton. Sheringham and Weybourne are the other two surviving M&GNJR stations; both are still served today on the heritage North Norfolk Railway.
Buildings
To cater to the heavy leisure traffic at the end of the 19th century, Cromer Beach had a large station building in a half-timbered style, and a large goods yard. The station originally included a bar, which was closed in 1966.{{cite web | title =Refreshment Room, Cromer Beach | publisher =Norfolk Public Houses | url =http://www.norfolkpubs.co.uk/norfolkc/cromer/cromrfb.htm | access-date =2007-12-21 }} Following the introduction of conductor-guard working, the ticket facilities were no longer needed and the building fell into disuse; it was renovated and reopened as a public house in 1998.{{cite web | title =Sheringham to Norwich | work =Dudley Mall Railway Directory | publisher =Dudley Mall | year =2007 | url =http://www.dudleymall.co.uk/loclrail/norshering.htm | access-date =2007-12-21 | archive-date =11 March 2018 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20180311091024/http://www.dudleymall.co.uk/loclrail/norshering.htm | url-status =dead }} A large supermarket was built on the site of the goods yards in 1991.{{cite book| title=Branch Lines Around Cromer| first1=Richard| last1=Adderson| first2=Graham| last2=Kenworthy| publisher=Middleton Press| year=1998}}
Services
All services at Cromer are operated by Greater Anglia using {{brc|755}} BMUs.
The typical service on all days of the week is one train per hour in each direction between {{stnlnk|Norwich}} and {{stnlnk|Sheringham}}.{{NRtimes|May 2023|16}} Due to its location, trains reverse at the station before continuing to Norwich or Sheringham.
In 1997 a single daily through train to and from London Liverpool Street to Sheringham via Cromer was introduced but was discontinued due to low usage.
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{{rail line two to one|previous1={{stnlnk|West Runton}}|previous2={{stnlnk|Roughton Road}}|next=train reverses|route=Greater Anglia
{{smalldiv|Bittern Line}}|col={{Greater Anglia colour}} }}
{{Disused Rail Insert}}
{{s-rail-national|status=Disused|previous=West Runton|toc=MGNJ|route={{smalldiv|Cromer Branch}}}}
{{rail line|next={{stnlnk|Cromer Links Halt}}
{{smalldiv|Line and station closed}}|route=Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway
{{smalldiv|North Walsham to Cromer}}|col={{NSJ colour}} }}
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See also
{{Norfolk Railway Stations}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#621,341,1 Cromer's railway stations on navigable 1946 O. S. map]
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{{Norfolk Railway Stations}}
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{{Railway stations served by Abellio Greater Anglia}}
Category:Railway stations in Norfolk
Category:Former Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway stations
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1887
Category:Railway stations served by Greater Anglia