Flordon railway station

Flordon
Flordon station site
General information
Location	Flordon, District of South Norfolk, England
Grid reference	TM191969
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Eastern Union Railway, Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway, Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
12 December 1849	Opened as Florden [1]
1875	Renamed Flordon [1]
19 April 1965	Closed to freight
7 November 1966	Closed to passengers [1]
Location

Flordon railway station served the village of Flordon, in Norfolk, England, between 1840 and 1966.

History

The Eastern Union Railway in 1853

The station was opened in 1849, when the line from London Liverpool Street to Norwich Victoria was constructed; the station was served by Eastern Union Railway stopping services between Norwich and Ipswich. ^[2]

It was closed in 1966, as a result of the Beeching Axe, along with other smaller stations between Norwich and Ipswich. ^[3]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Swainsthorpe		Great Eastern Railway Great Eastern Main Line		Forncett

The site today

The line through the former station site continues to operate today, hosting electric inter-city services between London Liverpool Street, Ipswich and Norwich.

References

1. Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. p. 97. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
2. "Transport: Railway". Flordon History. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
3. Quick, M.E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 184. OCLC   931112387.

External links

• Flordon station on a navigable 1946 O.S. map

52°31′38″N1°13′53″E / 52.5273°N 1.2314°E / 52.5273; 1.2314