Wighton Halt railway station

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Wighton Halt
Station on heritage railway
Wighton Station.jpg
Wighton Halt with the station building in view.
General information
Location Wighton, North Norfolk, Norfolk
England
Coordinates 52°55′05″N0°52′41″E / 52.91802°N 0.87815°E / 52.91802; 0.87815 Coordinates: 52°55′05″N0°52′41″E / 52.91802°N 0.87815°E / 52.91802; 0.87815
Grid reference TF936395
Owned by Wells and Walsingham Light Railway
Platforms1

Wighton Halt is a railway station serving the small village of Wighton, Norfolk. It is a public railway station, originally part of the standard gauge network, and now part of the narrow gauge Wells and Walsingham Light Railway.

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Wighton Halt was a railway station on the Wells and Fakenham Railway, later part of the Great Eastern Railway. It was opened on 1 February 1924 [1] by the London and North Eastern Railway and operated by them until rail nationalisation. It closed on 5 October 1964 [2] as part of the Beeching cuts on the British railway network.

W&WLR

Station name board. W&WLR Wighton name board.JPG
Station name board.

In 1979 construction work began to reopen four miles of the disused railway line between Wells and Walsingham. The narrow gauge Wells & Walsingham Light Railway began operations in April 1982, at which time Wighton railway station reopened, but with the new name of "Seton's Halt". A new station, on the northern side of the village, took the name Wighton Halt. By 2005 it was evident that Wighton village did not require two stations, so the new Wighton Halt was closed, and Seton's Halt reverted to its original name of Wighton. Although it is a request stop, the "halt" suffix does not appear on the station name boards or on timetables.

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References

Wighton railway station. W&WLR Wighton station.JPG
Wighton railway station.
Preceding station HR icon.svg   Heritage railways Following station
Warham   Wells & Walsingham Light Railway   Walsingham
Disused railways
Wells-next-the-Sea
Line and station closed
  British Rail
Eastern Region

Wymondham to Wells via East Dereham
  Walsingham
Line and station closed
  1. Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 457
  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. p. 250. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.