Cantley railway station is a stop on the

Wherry Lines The Wherry Lines are railway branch lines in the East of England, linking with and . There are 14 stations on the lines, including the three termini. They form part of Network Rail Strategic Route 7, SRS 07.11 and are classified as a rural ...

in the

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, serving the village of

Cantley, Norfolk Cantley is a village and former civil parishes in England, civil parish, now in the parish of Cantley, Limpenhoe and Southwood, in the English county of Norfolk. Cantley is located north of Loddon, Norfolk, Loddon and east of Norwich. The v ...

. It is down the line from on the routes to and ; it is situated between and . Its three-letter station code is CNY.

History

The Bill for the

Yarmouth & Norwich Railway The Yarmouth and Norwich Railway (Y&NR) was the earliest railway in Norfolk, England. It was formed after it became apparent that it would be a number of years before the Eastern Counties Railway would extend their railway into Norfolk. Its a ...

(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 The Norwich and Brandon Railway (N&BR) was the second railway in Norfolk, England, after the Yarmouth & Norwich Railway (Y&NR). Its act of Parliament, the , on 10 May 1844 authorised it to build a line between Norwich and the small town of Bra ...

and Cantley station became a Norfolk Railway asset. In 1847, the station was closed due to lack of traffic. The

Eastern Counties Railway The Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) was an English railway company incorporated in 1836 intended to link London with Ipswich via Colchester, and then extend to Norwich and Yarmouth. Construction began in 1837 on the first at the London end. Co ...

(ECR) took over the Norfolk Railway in May 1848 and the station reopened in 1851. In August 1862, all railways in East Anglia were consolidated to form the

Great Eastern Railway The Great Eastern Railway (GER) was a pre-grouping British railway company, whose main line linked London Liverpool Street to Norwich and which had other lines through East Anglia. The company was grouped into the London and North Eastern R ...

(GER). The

Railways Act 1921 The Railways Act 1921 ( 11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 55), also known as the Grouping Act, was an act of Parliament enacted by the British government, and was intended to stem the losses being made by many of the country's 120 railway companies, by "grou ...

led to the creation of the Big Four companies and the GER amalgamated with several companies to form the

London and North Eastern Railway The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest (after London, Midland and Scottish Railway, LMS) of the "Big Four (British railway companies), Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. It ope ...

(LNER); Cantley became an LNER station on 1 January 1923. Upon nationalisation in 1947, the station became part of the

Eastern Region of British Railways The Eastern Region was a region of British Railways from 1948, whose operating area could be identified from the dark blue signs and colour schemes that adorned its station and other railway buildings. Together with the North Eastern Region (w ...

In 1997, the

privatisation of British Rail The privatisation of British Rail was the process by which ownership and operation of the Rail transport in Great Britain, railways of Great Britain passed from government control into private hands. Begun in 1994, the process was largely compl ...

saw the station and its services transferred to

Anglia Railways Anglia Railways was a train operating company in England, owned by GB Railways and later FirstGroup, that operated the Anglia franchise from January 1997 until March 2004. History The Anglia franchise was awarded by the Director of Passenger Ra ...

, which operated the franchise until 2004 when

National Express East Anglia National Express East Anglia (NXEA) was a train operating company in England owned by National Express that operated the Greater Anglia franchise from April 2004 until February 2012. Originally trading as One, it was rebranded National Expres ...

assumed responsibility. In 2012,

Abellio Greater Anglia Greater Anglia (legal name Transport UK East Anglia Limited) is a British train operating company owned as a joint venture by Transport UK Group and Mitsui & Co. It operates the East Anglia franchise, providing the commuter and inter-city se ...

won the franchise.

Services

The typical Monday-Saturday service is two-hourly in each direction during off-peak hours, with some additional peak-time services on weekdays; most trains serve the Norwich to Lowestoft line, with two to Great Yarmouth via the branch. On Sundays, there are hourly services in each direction, with eastbound services alternating between Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth.

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Railway stations in Norfolk DfT Category F2 stations Former Great Eastern Railway stations Railway stations served by Greater Anglia Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1844 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1847 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1851 Cantley, Norfolk {{EastEngland-railstation-stub