Service
Greater Anglia operate an hourly service eastbound to Norwich (12mins) and westbound to Cambridge (62mins). East Midlands Trains operate 4 daily eastbound services to Norwich and 2 daily westbound services to Ely, Peterborough and Liverpool Lime Street with a daily Cambridge service.
On Sundays, Greater Anglia operate a predominantly hourly service to Cambridge and return to Norwich.
A Ticket Office was re-established by National Express East Anglia at Wymondham in 2005, 39 years after the station had become an unstaffed halt under British Railways. The Ticket Office is open on weekday mornings from 05.45 until 10.10hrs.
Wymondham Railway Station was named "Small Station of the Year" in the 2006 National Rail Awards.
The rural stations restaffing initiative won the inaugural "Putting Passengers First Award" at the 2007 National Rail Awards.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attleborough | Greater Anglia Breckland Line | Norwich | ||
| Spooner Row Limited Service | ||||
| Attleborough Limited Service | East Midlands Trains Liverpool-Norwich Limited Service | |||
| Heritage railways | ||||
| Interchange with Wymondham Abbey on the Mid-Norfolk Railway | ||||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Kimberley Park Line and station open | Eastern Region of British Railways Wymondham to Wells via East Dereham | Terminus | ||
| Eccles Road Line and station open | Norfolk Railway Norwich & Brandon Railway | Spinks Lane Line open, station closed | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Terminus | London and North Eastern Railway Wymondham to Forncett, via Ashwellthorpe | Ashwellthorpe Line and station closed | ||
| Future services | ||||
| Wymondham Abbey |
Norfolk Orbital Railway |
Terminus | ||
Wymondham was named Best Station' at the 'Anglia in Bloom' awards in 2008, and the Brief Encounter Restaurant and the Railway Ticket office were jointly awarded 1st place as 'Best Retail Outlet' at the 2008 'Community Rail Partnership' awards.
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