Wendling railway station
Wendling | |
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Location | Wendling, Norfolk England |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Lynn and Dereham Railway[1] |
Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway Eastern Region of British Railways |
Key dates | |
11 Sep 1848 | Opened[1] |
13 July 1964 | closed for freight |
9 Sep 1968 | Closed to passengers |
Wendling railway station was a railway station in Wendling, Norfolk on the Great Eastern line between Dereham and King's Lynn.[2] It closed in 1968.
This section of the former railway has been used for improvements to the A47, with the site of the station being lost under the roadworks.
The station featured in the Dad's Army episodes Battle School and The Day the Balloon Went Up.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Fransham Line and station closed |
Great Eastern Lynn and Dereham Railway |
Scarning Line and station closed |
References[]
- ^ a b Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
- ^ British Railways Atlas (1947), p.18.
External links[]
Coordinates: 52°40′51″N 0°51′23″E / 52.6807°N 0.8563°E
Categories:
- Disused railway stations in Norfolk
- Former Great Eastern Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1848
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1968
- 1848 establishments in England
- 1968 disestablishments in England
- East of England railway station stubs