Narborough and Pentney railway station

Narborough and Pentney
General information
Location	Narborough, Norfolk England
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
27 October 1846	Opened as Narborough [1]
1 July 1923	Renamed Narborough and Pentney [1]
9 September 1968	Closed to passengers [1]
Location

Narborough and Pentney station was in Norfolk, serving the villages of Narborough and Pentney.

History

It was on the line between King's Lynn and Swaffham opening with the line on 27 October 1846 and temporarily the terminus of the branch from Lynn. Nine months after Narborough station opened, its owner, the Lynn & Dereham Railway, was taken over by the East Anglian Railway (EAR). The line to Swaffham was opened 19 days after the EAR took over, on 10 August 1847. ^[2] It was closed in 1968.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Bilney Line and station closed		Great Eastern Railway Lynn and Dereham Railway		Swaffham Line and station closed

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. 167. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
2. Cobb, M. H. (2006). The Railways of Great Britain, Historical Atlas, Second Edition. ISBN   07110-3236X.

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