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Daniels Close, NORWICH, NR13 3FJ

View NW, across the ex-GER Norwich (to left) - (to right) Yarmouth (Vauxhall) line.

Opened in 1883 by the Great Eastern Railway on the line from Norwich and Yarmouth. View west towards Lingwood and Norwich.

Local train calling at Acle.

The Station House at Acle is now a private residence and has been suitably decorated with old adverts that used to feature on such railway buildings.

The Station House at Acle is now a private residence and has been suitably decorated with old adverts that used to feature on such railway buildings. This one advertises the famous promoter of sanitary ware.

The Station House at Acle (at the far end of the platform) is now a private residence and has been suitably decorated with old adverts that used to feature on such railway buildings. There are close-ups of some of these at Image and Image

The path leads from Acle railway station > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1477327 to Reedham Road where it emerges between the roadbridge which carries the A47 and the bridge which carries the railway line > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1477420.

BR standard class 7 locomotive 70000 Britannia on 16 July 2011 on the 1Z70 Liverpool Street - Gt Yarmouth "The Easterling" charter, in the passing loop of Acle station > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1477327. The locomotive was built at Crewe in 1951. It was the first British Railways standard locomotive and the first of 55 locomotives of the Britannia class. She was allocated to Norwich Thorpe engine shed for her entire working life and had her cab roof painted white to commemorate her hauling the funeral train of King George VI from Norfolk to London in 1952. The locomotive was withdrawn from service in 1966 and was initially destined for the National Railway Museum because of her cultural significance but 70013 Oliver Cromwell was chosen instead. After numerous moves the locomotive finally returned to steam on the Severn Valley Railway and later on the Nene Valley Railway. She made her return to the main line in 1991

BR standard class 7 locomotive 70000 Britannia on 16 July 2011 on the 1Z70 Liverpool Street - Gt Yarmouth "The Easterling" charter, in the passing loop of Acle station > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1477327. The locomotive was built at Crewe in 1951. It was the first British Railways standard locomotive and the first of 55 locomotives of the Britannia class. She was allocated to Norwich Thorpe engine shed for her entire working life and had her cab roof painted white to commemorate her hauling the funeral train of King George VI from Norfolk to London in 1952. The locomotive was withdrawn from service in 1966 and was initially destined for the National Railway Museum because of her cultural significance but 70013 Oliver Cromwell was chosen instead. After numerous moves the locomotive finally returned to steam on the Severn Valley Railway and later on the Nene Valley Railway. She made her return to the main line in 1991.

For another view of the station house, taken from Station Road, see > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1477303. Acle railway station > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1477327 was built in 1881 as the datestones > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1477316 on station building and station house indicate. The station was opened by the GER (Great Eastern Railway) and in 1923 became part of the London and North Eastern Railway. On nationalisation in 1948 it passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways and was later served by regional railways until the privatisation of British railways. Presently Acle is served by National Express East Anglia who operate services between Norwich and Great Yarmouth using diesel multiple units of classes 153, 156 > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1477378 or 170. The station is unmanned. The station house has been converted into a private dwelling and the station building > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1477311 serves as a self-catering holiday cottage. Acle is the only station on this branch of the Wherry Line which has a passing loop > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1477397. At some time in the past it was a coaling depot which was located just west of the former goods shed > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1477402 which still stands.