Great Yarmouth railway station

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Great Yarmouth
Location
Place	Great Yarmouth
Local authority	Great Yarmouth (borough)
Operations
Station code	GYM
Managed by	'one'
Platforms in use	4
Annual entry/exit	0.292 million *
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Great Yarmouth railway station is a railway station serving the town of Great Yarmouth in the English county of Norfolk. The station is the terminus of the Wherry Line 29 km (18¼ miles) from Norwich. There are two different routes to Norwich, one via Acle and the other via Reedham.

The station is served by 'one', with majority of services operating to Norwich via Acle. A few services operate via the remote village of Berney Arms and Reedham. Monday to Fridays, there is also a direct train to London Liverpool Street in the morning, returning in the evening. This line joins the line from Lowestoft just east of Reedham railway station.

Most services are operated by diesel multiple units of Classes 150, 153, 156 or 170. For a short period of time in late 2004 and early 2005, the direct London service was formed of an Intercity set of Mk2 carriages along with a 90 locomotive, which due to the lack of electrification was dragged from Norwich by a 47, but various issues lead to this returning to a 170. For a number of years, 'one' and predecessor Anglia Railways have also run direct Intercity trains of this sort from London to Great Yarmouth over the summer holiday period on Saturdays to cope with the extra passengers.

Facilities include; a ticket office, a small shop, a cafe known as The Buffet Car, public telephones, waiting room, toilets (disabled), bicycle and taxi ranks, bus stop and taxi office.