Wendling railway station

Wendling
Site of Wendling railway station -now A47
General information
Location	Wendling, Norfolk England
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Lynn and Dereham Railway [1] East Anglian Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
11 Sep 1848	Opened [1]
13 July 1964	closed for freight
9 Sep 1968	Closed to passengers
Location

Wendling railway station was a railway station in Wendling, Norfolk on the Great Eastern line between Dereham and King's Lynn. ^[2] It closed in 1968.

This section of the former railway has been used for improvements to the A47, with the site of the station being lost under the roadworks.

The station featured in the Dad's Army episodes Battle School and The Day the Balloon Went Up.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Fransham Line and station closed		Great Eastern Lynn and Dereham Railway		Scarning 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. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
2. British Railways Atlas (1947), p.18.

External links

• Wendling station on 1946 O. S. map

52°40′51″N0°51′23″E / 52.6807°N 0.8563°E / 52.6807; 0.8563