Kelling Heath Park railway station

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Kelling Heath Park
Station on heritage railway
Kelling Heath Halt.jpg
General information
Location Kelling Heath, North Norfolk, Norfolk
England
Coordinates 52°55′56″N1°08′15″E / 52.932174°N 1.137592°E / 52.932174; 1.137592
Grid reference TG109417
Owned by North Norfolk Railway
Platforms1
Key dates
28 August 1983Opened as Kelling Camp Halt
1989Resited ¼ mile west and renamed

Kelling Heath Park is a small halt on the North Norfolk Railway (NNR), used mostly by hikers using Kelling Heath. [1] It was opened after the line was preserved.

The station was opened in 1983 as part of the NNR's extension to Kelling; a very short half coach-length halt was constructed principally to serve the nearby caravan park. Upon the completion of the extension to Holt in 1989, Kelling Camp Halt was demolished and a new longer platform was constructed ¼ of a mile further up the hill to the west; the station was also renamed "Kelling Heath Park". In March 1998, a new down distant signal was brought into use at the eastern end of Kelling Cutting. [2]

Preceding station HR icon.svg   Heritage railways Following station
Weybourne   North Norfolk Railway   Holt

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References

  1. Self-guided Walks : Outdoor Activities : Kelling Heath Holiday Park, Caravan Park, Norfolk, Caravan Site, North Norfolk, England, UK
  2. Vaughan, Adrian (1998). The North Norfolk Railway. Kettering, Northants: Past & Present Publishing Ltd. p. 43. ISBN   978-1-85895-130-0.