Wendling railway station

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Wendling
Site of Wendling railway station, Norfolk.jpg
Site of Wendling railway station -now A47
General information
Location Wendling, Norfolk
England
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
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 1848Opened [1]
13 July 1964closed for freight
9 Sep 1968Closed to passengers

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

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References

  1. 1 2 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.

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