Dersingham railway station

Dersingham
Station buildings in 2006.
General information
Location	Dersingham, King's Lynn and West Norfolk England
Grid reference	TF680307
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Lynn and Hunstanton Railway Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
3 October 1862	Opened
5 May 1969	Closed

Dersingham was a railway station on the King's Lynn to Hunstanton line which served the village of Dersingham, a few miles north of King's Lynn, in Norfolk, England.

History

The station was opened on 3 October 1862 by the Lynn and Hunstanton Railway. ^[1]

The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1935 to 1939 and may have had a coach visiting in 1934. ^[2]

The station closed along with the line on 5 May 1969. ^{[1] [3]}

At 8 miles 17 chains (13.22 km) from King's Lynn, Dersingham marked the halfway point of the Hunstanton line. It was situated in possibly the most attractive section of the route, where the line ran through extensive woodlands, between pine trees and rhododendrons, with the sea visible on the left. ^[4]

Architecturally, the station resembles North Wootton, with a small main station building on the up platform and a small waiting room provided on the down platform; both had Great Eastern–style canopies. A small goods yard adjoined the main station building, and a standard Great Eastern gabled signal box was sited on the southern end of the down platform. A level crossing lay at the northern end of the station and, in common with other stations on the line, convenient lodging accommodation, a solidly built Carstone inn known as "The Alexandra Hotel", was to be found opposite the station approach. ^[5]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Wolferton Line and station closed		British Rail Eastern Region King's Lynn to Hunstanton branch		Snettisham Line and station closed

Present day

The station buildings, including canopies, signal box and both platforms, have largely survived since the station's closure. The platform and outbuildings are in use as offices and stores for Semba Trading, a builder's merchant, while the main station building has been converted into a private residence. ^[6]

References

1. Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 160. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
2. McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 10. ISBN   1-870119-48-7.
3. Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. p. 59 (ref 2637). ISBN   0-9477-9618-5.
4. Jenkins, S.C. (1987). The Lynn & Hunstanton Railway and the West Norfolk Branch. Headington, Oxford: Oakwood Press. p. 93. ISBN   0-85361-330-3.
5. Jenkins, S.C., op. cit. p. 93.
6. Jenkins, S.C., op. cit. p. 133.

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