Wighton Halt railway station

Wighton Halt
Station on heritage railway
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
Grid reference	TF936395
Owned by	Wells and Walsingham Light Railway
Platforms	1
Location

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.

LNER

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.

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.

References

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.

Wighton railway station.

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory Of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN   1-85260-508-1.
• Adderson, Richard & Saunders, Des (1992). British Railways Past and Present East Anglia. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN   1-85895-056-2.
• https://web.archive.org/web/20081006135523/http://www.norfolkrailwaysociety.org.uk/news_may-jun05.html

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Warham towards Wells on Sea		Wells & Walsingham Light Railway		Walsingham Terminus
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