Fakenham West railway station

Fakenham West
General information
Location	Fakenham, North Norfolk England
Grid reference	TF916292
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Lynn and Fakenham Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Post-grouping	Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
16 August 1880 (1880-08-16)	Opened as Fakenham Town
by 1910	Renamed Fakenham
27 September 1948	Renamed Fakenham West
2 March 1959	Closed

Fakenham West railway station was a station in Norfolk. It was built as part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway main line that ran from Saxby and Peterborough North to Yarmouth Beach, with branches to Norwich City and Cromer. ^[1]

The station was opened by the Lynn and Fakenham Railway on 16 August 1880, when it was originally named Fakenham Town, and was renamed Fakenham by 1910. Following railway nationalisation, it was renamed again to become Fakenham West by British Railways on 27 September 1948. The station was closed on 2 March 1959. ^[2]

Part of a platform from the station survives outside the car park of the Jewson builder's merchant, and the trackbed south of the platform is visible as a roadway.

Fakenham was also served by another railway station, Fakenham East railway station, on the Wymondham to Wells Branch of the Great Eastern Railway. This line was unconnected to the Midland and Great Northern line through Fakenham West, which it passed over on a bridge ^{[3] [ self-published source ]} about one mile east of Fakenham West, quarter a mile southeast of Fakenham East. Currently there are no railway links to Fakenham; however, the Norfolk Orbital Railway proposes to build a new station close to the site of Fakenham East in the future. ^[4]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Raynham Park Line and station closed		Midland and Great Northern		Thursford Line and station closed
	Proposed Heritage railways
	Future services
Thursford		Norfolk Orbital Railway		Ryburgh

See also

• List of closed railway stations in Norfolk

References

1. British Railways Atlas.1947. p.18
2. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 93. ISBN   1-85260-508-1. R508.
3. "Aerial view of Fakenham". 27 August 2007. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012.
4. "About Us – Questions and Answers". Norfolk Orbital Railway. Retrieved 18 July 2025.

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