Buckenham
General information
Location	Buckenham, Broadland England
Grid reference	TG350056
Managed by	Greater Anglia
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BUC
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	Yarmouth and Norwich Railway[1]
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway[1]
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
1 May 1844	Opened[1]
Passengers
2018/19	216
2019/20	212
2020/21	98
2021/22	300
2022/23	354
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Buckenham railway station is on the Wherry Lines in the east of England, serving the village of Buckenham in Norfolk. It is 7 miles 62 chains (12.5 km) down the line from Norwich on the routes to Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth and is situated between Brundall and Cantley.^[2] Its three-letter station code is BUC.

The station was opened in 1844. Today it is managed by Greater Anglia. According to usage estimates, Buckenham is one of the least-used stations in the country, registering just 216 passenger entries/exits in 2018/19. A limited number of services stop at the station. The station buildings are currently used as a recording studio.^[3]

RSPB Buckenham Marshes is located next to the station, with RSPB Strumpshaw Fen a short walk away. Strumpshaw Hall Steam Museum is also located in the area.

History

The Bill for the Yarmouth & Norwich Railway (Y&NR), the first public railway line in Norfolk, received Royal Assent on 18 June 1842. Work started on the line in April 1843 and it opened on 1 May 1844. In June 1845 the Y&NR was amalgamated with the Norwich & Brandon Railway and Buckenham station became a Norfolk Railway asset.^[1][4]

The Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) and its rival the Eastern Union Railway (EUR) were both sizing up the Norfolk Railway to acquire and expand their networks. The ECR took over in May 1848 and in August 1862 all railways in East Anglia were consolidated to form the Great Eastern Railway (GER).^[5] The Railways Act 1921 led to the creation of the Big Four companies and the GER amalgamated with several companies to form the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER). Buckenham became an LNER station on 1 January 1923. Upon nationalisation in 1947 the station became part of the Eastern Region of British Railways

In 1997 the privatisation of British Rail saw the station and its services were transferred to Anglia Railways, which operated it until 2004 when National Express East Anglia won the replacement franchise. In 2012 Abellio Greater Anglia won the franchise.

In 2018 several scenes in Danny Boyle's film Yesterday were filmed at the station. ^[6]

Services

As of December 2022^[update], there is one train to Norwich and one to Lowestoft, on weekdays and Saturdays. On Sundays, six trains towards Norwich and seven trains from Norwich, call at the station, with six trains to and from Great Yarmouth on the Berney Arms branch of the line, four trains from Norwich to Lowestoft, and three trains from Lowestoft to Norwich. ^[7]