Hellesdon railway station

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Hellesdon
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The station in February 2022
General information
Location Hellesdon, Norfolk
England
Grid reference TG197101
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Lynn and Fakenham Railway [1]
Pre-grouping Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Key dates
2 December 1882 [1] Opened
15 September 1952Closed to passengers
13 July 1964 [2] closed for freight
Norwich Branch
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(Arrow Blue Up 001.svg To Cromer)
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Melton Constable
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Hindolvestone
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Guestwick
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Whitwell & Reepham
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Lenwade
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Attlebridge
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Drayton
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Hellesdon
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Norwich City

Hellesdon railway station is a former railway station in Norfolk, England, which served the area of Hellesdon, today virtually an outer suburb of Norwich. It opened on 2 December 1882 and was closed on 15 September 1952, [1] six years before passenger service was withdrawn along the rest of the line. [3]

Parts of the platform walls still survive today on both sides of the tracks, however the station itself has long since been demolished and the site is extremely overgrown. An entrance gate next to the bridge spanning the River Wensum still exists. Many of the station's features are hidden in the undergrowth including fence posts, signal box foundations and telegraph poles. As the building was demolished, half of the platform was removed from the building end. The bridge was also removed to change the road plan.

In October 2010, the platform wall was cleared by the amateur group Friends of Norwich City Station (FONCS), with the station name board posts visible. The surface of the platform and the cattle dock are planned to be cleared in the future. [4]

A project to reclaim the station commenced in 2017 and was completed in the summer of 2018. [5]

The railway's track bed forms part of Marriott's Way long distance footpath. [6]


Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Norwich City
Line and station closed
  Midland and Great Northern
Norwich Branch
  Drayton
Line and station closed

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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. 118. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
  2. "Disused Stations: Hellesdon Station".
  3. "Peter Steward". Archived from the original on 28 May 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
  4. News report Retrieved 23 April 2011
  5. "Hellesdon Station Reclamation Project". The Marriott's Way Heritage Trail Team. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  6. "Hellesdon Railway Platform Reclamation". Marriott's Way Heritage Trail. Retrieved 26 July 2022.

https://web.archive.org/web/20101107064140/http://hellesdonandcitystation.webs.com/

Coordinates: 52°38′38″N1°14′48″E / 52.6440°N 1.2468°E / 52.6440; 1.2468