Sheringham railway station

Sheringham
The platform at Sheringham
General information
Location	Sheringham, North Norfolk England
Grid reference	TG156430
Managed by	Greater Anglia
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	SHM
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Opened	2 January 1967
Original company	British Rail
Passengers
2019/20	0.182 million
2020/21	53,214
2021/22	0.234 million
2022/23	0.232 million
2023/24	0.245 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Sheringham railway station is the northern terminus of the Bittern Line in Norfolk, England, serving the town of Sheringham. It is 30 miles 22 chains (30.28 mi; 48.7 km) down the line from Norwich, including the reversal at Cromer. The station is situated on the southern edge of the town centre, but within walking distance of the beach. It is currently managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving it.

It was opened by British Rail on 2 January 1967 replacing the original station in Sheringham opened by the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway, which is located across the road, enabling the closure of the level crossing there. The original station subsequently became the terminus of the North Norfolk Railway heritage line.

At the time of opening, the railway itself was listed for closure; the basic timber platform provided was intended to cover only the last months of the line's operation.^[1]

With the pending introduction of longer Stadler FLIRT Class 755 units by Abellio Greater Anglia, the temporary station platform was finally scheduled to be replaced. The replacement platform would be doubled in length to 80 metres and fitted with improved lighting and shelter. The station was due to be closed between Sunday 31 March and Sunday 5 May 2019 for the works to be completed.^[2] In April, it was reported that the reopening of the station would be delayed due to a fault with supplied components.^[3] Further delays were then caused by issues with signalling.^[4] The station finally reopened in late May 2019.^[5]

All services at Sheringham are operated by Greater Anglia using Class 755 BMUs.

The typical service on all days of the week is one train per hour to and from Norwich via Cromer.^[6]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Terminus		Greater Anglia Bittern Line		West Runton
	Heritage railways
Interchange with Sheringham on the North Norfolk Railway

Between 2007 and 2010, work was undertaken to reinstate the original level crossing across the road to allow trains from Norwich to run onto the North Norfolk Railway (NNR) heritage line tracks. In December 2007, the BBC reported that Network Rail supported the plans to allow occasional crossing of the tracks for trains onto the heritage route. Work began in January 2010, with the moving of the NNR headshunt to slew into line with the National Rail section. The link was reinstated in March 2010, when the first passenger train over the new crossing was hauled by steam locomotive Oliver Cromwell from London Liverpool Street.^[7][8] Occasional uses by charter trains and visiting rolling stock are anticipated not to exceed 12 times a year.

The North Norfolk Railway also operate a number of dining trains over the entire surviving section of the M&GN, between Holt and Cromer, during summer months.^[9] Services began in 2016, working in partnership with the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, who were already a licensed operator on Network Rail;^[10] these trains do not stop at the national railway station.

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• Train times and station information for Sheringham railway station from National Rail

• Map sources for Sheringham railway station

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