Fakenham East railway station
| Fakenham East | |
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The Site today complete with original, but relocated, crossing post to the right
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| Location | |
| Place | Fakenham |
| Area | North Norfolk, Norfolk |
| Grid reference | TF927297 |
| Operations | |
| Pre-grouping | Eastern Counties Railway Great Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London & North Eastern Railway Eastern Region of British Railways |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| 20 March 1849 | Opened (Fakenham) |
| 27 September 1948 | Renamed (Fakenham East) |
| 5 October 1964 | Closed |
| 1 January 1980 | closed for freight traffic |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Fakenham East railway station was a railway station in the market town of Fakenham in the English county of Norfolk.
This station is one of the possible sites protected in local plans in case it is needed to be restored as part of the Mid-Norfolk Railway's eventual plans to return to Fakenham. Any replacement station would be built on the throat of the original site, as sheltered housing has been built on the main station site. Other developments north of the former station make further extension of the Mid-Norfolk Railway towards Walsingham and Wells impracticable, but the 'Norfolk Orbital' scheme proposes reopening instead towards the North Norfolk line at Holt. The railway formation south of the station, as far as the three-arch viaduct over the River Wensum is now owned by the Norfolk Orbital Railway.[1][2]
There was also a Fakenham West railway station on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway between King's Lynn and Great Yarmouth which closed in 1959.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Walsingham Line and station closed |
Wells and Fakenham Railway | Terminus | ||
| Walsingham Line and station closed |
British Rail Eastern Region Wymondham to Wells via East Dereham |
Ryburgh Line and station closed |
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 Proposed Heritage railways |
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| Terminus | Mid-Norfolk Railway | Ryburgh Line and station closed |
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References
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- ↑ Norfolk Orbital Railway project gets closer to reviving old link to Fakenham
See also
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