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Greater Anglia (train operating company)>Greater Anglia| platforms = 2| code = ACLUnited Kingdom railway station categories>DfT category F2| original = Great Eastern Railway| pregroup = Great Eastern Railway| postgroup = London and North Eastern Railway| years = 12 March 1883| events = Opened| mpassengers ={{Rail pass box |pass_year=2018/19 |passengers={{increase}} 45,336}}{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 41,618}}{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 8,478}}{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 33,642}}{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 40,672}}| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road}}Acle railway station is on the Wherry Lines in the east of England, serving the town of Acle, Norfolk. It is {{convert|10|mi|34|chain|km}} down the line from {{rws|Norwich}} on the route to {{rws|Great Yarmouth}}. Its three-letter station code is ACL.

History

Opened by the Great Eastern Railway in 1883, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway following the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways upon nationalisation in 1948.When sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Regional Railways until the privatisation of British Railways.Today, the station is managed by Greater Anglia, which operates all passenger services between Norwich and Great Yarmouth with Class 755 Stadler FLIRT electro-diesel multiple units.Until 2019, trains were formed by diesel multiple units of Classes 153, 156 or 170. During the summer months, some locomotive-hauled trains, top-and-tailed with a Class 37 at either end, would work certain services on the Wherry Lines. The station has the only passing loop on the Acle branch of the line. A coaling depot was once located here.

Services

The typical off-peak service at Acle is as follows:{{NRtimes|Dec 2022|15}}{| class="wikitable vatop"! Operator! Route! Rolling stock! FrequencyAbellio Greater Anglia>Greater AngliaNorwich railway station>Norwich - Brundall Gardens railway station - Brundall railway station>Brundall - Lingwood railway station - Acle - Great Yarmouth railway station>Great YarmouthBritish Rail Class 755>Class 755| 1x per hour each way

References

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• {{Butt-Stations}}
• {{Jowett-Nationalised}}
• {{Jowett-Atlas}}
• Station on navigable O.S. map

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