| Buckenham | |
| Symbol Location: | gb |
| Symbol: | rail |
| Borough: | Buckenham, Broadland, Norfolk |
| Country: | England |
| Grid Name: | Grid reference |
| Manager: | Greater Anglia |
| Platforms: | 2 |
| Code: | BUC |
| Classification: | DfT category F2 |
| Original: | Yarmouth and Norwich Railway |
| Pregroup: | Great Eastern Railway |
| Postgroup: | LNER |
| Years: | 1 May 1844 |
| Events: | Opened |
| Footnotes: | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Buckenham railway station is a stop on the Wherry Lines, which serves the village of Buckenham in Norfolk, England. It is 7chain62chain down the line from on the routes to and ; it is situated between and .[1] 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; this is partly due to the limited number of services that stop at the station. The station buildings are currently used as a recording studio.[2]
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.
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.[3]
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).[4] 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.
The station has a limited service. There is one train to Norwich and one to Lowestoft on weekdays and Saturdays. On Sundays, there are six stopping trains westbound towards Norwich; eastbound, seven trains from Norwich call at the station, with three to Great Yarmouth, via, and four trains to Lowestoft.[5]