15 photos of Norwich Railway Station through the decades

A central hub in the city, the station in Thorpe Road offers a major train line for passengers travelling across Norfolk and the rest of the country.

The original station was once one of three in the city and opened in April 1844 but the station building that remains in place today was opened in May 1886.

It is grade II listed on the National Heritage List of Historic England.

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Here's a gallery of nostalgic photos from our archives showing how the station has changed through the years.

Funambulist Chris Bullzini performs his tightrope walk at Norwich Train Station at the launch of the Norfolk and Norwich Festival in 2019 (May 9, 2019) (Image: Sonya Duncan)Customers having their tickets checked at Norwich train station at the start of a 12 week clampdown (April 2, 2008) (Image: Steve Adams)

Radio and TV presenter Mike Read busking and presenting his radio programme from Norwich Train Station for Children in Need (November 18, 2005) (Image: Antony Kelly)

In 2000, a survey for Norwich Railway Station showed that most rail users in the region were satisfied with the performance of the service (June 4, 2000) (Image: Simon Finlay)

Major incident in London on the trains causing train services to London to be cancelled from Norwich station (July 7, 2005) (Image: James Bass)

A car on the train tracks at Norwich Station (February 23, 2017) (Image: Antony Kelly)

An end of an era, workers were captured loading mail onto the final Mail Train out of Norwich station (July 24, 2003) (Image: Bill Smith)

Police carry out searches on passengers at Norwich Train Station, looking for knives, weapons and drugs (July 31, 2008) (Image: Antony Kelly)

National rail workers striking at Norwich Train Station (July 30, 2009) (Image: Antony Kelly)

Queues at Norwich train station for the Lowestoft air show (July 24, 2008) (Image: Shaun Lowthorpe)

The protest about the increase in train fares at the Norwich Railway Station (January 2, 2018) (Image: Denise Bradley)

Trains making their way into Norwich station after the heavy snowfall (January 29, 2004) (Image: Bill Smith)

All red lights at Norwich Station as trains are stopped because of storm St Jude (October 28, 2013) (Image: Simon Finlay)

Smoking is banned completely on One Anglia trains from Norwich station (September 6, 2004) (Image: Sonya Brown)

Geoffrey Copeman with the EDP 140 locomotive at Norwich station (October 22, 2010) (Image: Bill Smith)