Harling Road railway station

Harling Road
Location
Place	East Harling
Local authority	Breckland
Grid reference	TL978879
Operations
Station code	HRD
Managed by	Abellio Greater Anglia
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	3,964
2005/06	4,870
2006/07	4,076
2007/08	4,323
2008/09	4,154
2009/10	3,900
2010/11	3,494
2011/12	4,224
2012/13	3,592
2013/14	3,222
2014/15	3,292
History
30 July 1845	Opened (Harling)
September 1849	Renamed (Harling Road)
28 December 1964	Closed to freight
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Harling Road from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Harling Road railway station is a rural railway station serving the village of East Harling in Norfolk. It is served by local services operated by East Midlands Trains and Abellio Greater Anglia on the Breckland Line west of Norwich to Peterborough and Cambridge.

The station

The station is situated 2 miles (3.2 km) north of East Harling, from which it takes its name. A footpath runs between the station and the village. Train services run to Norwich, Cambridge and Liverpool Lime Street. Connections may be made to many other parts of the National Rail network.

Harling Road is a small station and until recently had remained largely unmodernised. The wooden level crossing gates adjacent to Harling Road railway station used to be opened and closed manually by the Signaller in Harling Road signal box. However, in December 2012 the signal box was closed and the crossing was renewed with automated full barriers with red flashing road lights.

Passenger facilities are basic, with seating in a passenger shelter on the Eastbound platform only. The shelter on the Westbound platform is for bicycles. There is no ticket office, and tickets to any rail station in Britain may be bought from the conductor on the train. The station has a car park.

Harling Road station is located in a rural area, and is ideally placed to provide access to the countryside for those who can not, or do not wish to, make use of a car for transportation. There is easy access to several long distance footpaths, including the Peddars Way, Angles Way, Icknield Way, Iceni Way and the Hereward Way. There are plenty other opportunities with Knettishall Heath, West Harling Heath and Wayland Wood (where the events that inspired the "Babes in the Wood" took place) all being within walking distance. The little used country lanes in the area also provide plenty of opportunity for country walks.

Service

As of 2006, Harling Road sees limited services. There are 3 daily westbound services, one of which is operated by East Midlands Trains and runs to Liverpool Lime Street, the other two operated by Greater Anglia and run to Cambridge. Eastbound, there are 3 early morning services to Norwich: one of which is operated by East Midlands Trains and the other two by Greater Anglia.

There is no Sunday service.

A Normal Monday to Friday service operates on Most Bank Holidays.

The signal box and level crossing in June 2010 (Closed December 2012)

External links

• Map sources for Harling Road railway station

• Train times and station information for Harling Road railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Thetford		East Midlands Trains Liverpool-Norwich Limited Service		Eccles Road Limited Services
		Abellio Greater Anglia Breckland Line Limited Services
	Historical railways
Roudham Junction Line open, station closed		Great Eastern Railway Norfolk Railway		Eccles Road Line and station open