Brundall Gardens railway station

Brundall Gardens
Looking west
Location
Place	Brundall
Local authority	Broadland
Grid reference	TG314083
Operations
Station code	BGA
Managed by	Abellio Greater Anglia
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	11,010
2011/12	10,962
2012/13	12,144
2013/14	10,534
2014/15	11,482
History
Original company	London and North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
1 August 1924	Opened as Brundall Gardens Halt
after 1948	Renamed Brundall Gardens
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Brundall Gardens from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Brundall Gardens railway station is on the Wherry Lines in the east of England, serving the western side of the village of Brundall, Norfolk. It is 4 miles 66 chains (7.8 km) down-line from Norwich on the route to Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft. Its three-letter station code is BGA.^[1]

The station was opened in 1924. Today it is managed by Abellio Greater Anglia.

History

A station at Brundall Gardens, initially known as Brundall Gardens Halt, was opened on 1 August 1924, 80 years after the opening of the line. This was in response to an increasing level of tourism to the lakes and waterways close to the station.^[2]

Services

The typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service is:

• 1 train per hour (tph) westbound to Norwich;
• 1 tph eastbound to Great Yarmouth.

At peak times there are limited services eastbound to Lowestoft.

References

1. Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads. ISBN 0-319-23769-9.
2. Gordon, D. I. (1968). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The eastern counties. Phoenix House. p. 171.

External links

Coordinates: 52°37′24″N 1°25′06″E / 52.62333°N 1.41833°E

• Train times and station information for Brundall Gardens railway station from National Rail