Buckenham railway station is a railway station in the English

England

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 county of Norfolk

Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

. The station is located on the Norwich

Norwich

Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom...

-Lowestoft

Lowestoft

Lowestoft is a town in the English county of Suffolk. The town is on the North Sea coast and is the most easterly point of the United Kingdom. It is north-east of London, north-east of Ipswich and south-east of Norwich...

/Great Yarmouth

Great Yarmouth

Great Yarmouth, often known to locals as Yarmouth, is a coastal town in Norfolk, England. It is at the mouth of the River Yare, east of Norwich.It has been a seaside resort since 1760, and is the gateway from the Norfolk Broads to the sea...

 Wherry Line

Wherry Lines

The Wherry Lines are railway lines in England, from Norwich to Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft. These lines pass through The Broads. The line is part of the Network Rail Strategic Route 7, SRS 07.11 and is classified as a rural line...

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The station is managed and served by National Express East Anglia.

According to Strategic Rail Authority figures, it is also is one of the least-used stations in the country, with 13 entries and 16 exits for the year 2005/06 (giving a combined usage figure 29, down ten total from the previous year). In the figures for 2006/07, this had declined further to 22 total entries and exits.

RSPB Buckenham Marshes

RSPB Buckenham Marshes

Buckenham Marshes RSPB reserve is a nature reserve located besides the River Yare in Norfolk, England. The site is managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.The reserve is adjacent to Buckenham railway station....

 is located next to the station, with RSPB Strumpshaw Fen

RSPB Strumpshaw Fen

thumb|right|360px|A view from the brick hide over water showing mostly [[Greylag Goose]] coming into land for the evening. Strumpshaw Fen is a nature reserve managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds . It is situated at Strumpshaw Fen, a fen on the River Yare in Norfolk, England...

 a short walk away. Strumpshaw Hall Steam Museum

Strumpshaw Hall Steam Museum

The Strumpshaw Hall Steam Museum in Strumpshaw, Norfolk is home to a collection of Traction engines, Steam rollers, a Showman's engine and a Steam wagon which are run on special occasions and on the last Sunday of each month from April to October....

 is also located in the area.

Services

Saturdays:

1 train per day (1tpd) to Norwich

1tpd to Lowestoft

Sundays:

4tpd to Norwich

4tpd to Great Yarmouth

1tpd to Lowestoft

Buckenham does not see any weekday service to either Norwich/Lowestoft or Great Yarmouth.

There has been a slow increase in passenger numbers from only 22 passengers in 2006 to 154 people in 2010, Buckenham is by far the least used station on the Wherry Lines.

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