Gunton railway station

Gunton
Location	Lower Street, Thorpe Market, North Norfolk England
Grid reference	TG255351
Managed by	Greater Anglia
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	GNT
Classification	DfT category F2
Key dates
29 July 1876	Opened
19 April 1965	Closed to freight
Passengers
2015/16	14,422
2016/17	15,848
2017/18	17,008
2018/19	19,188
2019/20	18,560
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Gunton railway station on the Bittern Line in Norfolk, England, serves the villages of Lower Street, Thorpe Market and Southrepps. It is 19 miles 63 chains (31.8 km) from Norwich, between North Walsham to the south and Roughton Road to the north.

There is no village named Gunton: the station is in the parish of Thorpe Market and closest to Lower Street. It was built primarily for the convenience of Lord Suffield, who lived at nearby Gunton Hall, a major investor in the original East Norfolk Railway^[1] which built the line from Norwich to Cromer.^[2]

The station is unstaffed and consists of a single platform with a basic shelter. Originally the location of a passing loop, the northbound platform and station buildings are preserved but now privately owned. There is an unrestricted car park at the station that can accommodate about ten vehicles.

The station is managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates all passenger trains that call.

Services[]

As of December 2016, the typical off-peak service at Gunton is one train every two hours in each direction between Norwich and Sheringham. At peak times, service frequency is increased to one train per hour. All services are operated by bi-mode Class 755 units.

References[]

External links[]

• Map sources for Gunton railway station

• Train times and station information for Gunton railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
North Walsham		Greater Anglia Bittern Line		Roughton Road
	Disused railways
North Walsham Line and station open		Great Eastern Railway East Norfolk Railway		Cromer High Line and station closed

Coordinates: 52°51′58″N 1°20′56″E / 52.866°N 1.349°E / 52.866; 1.349