London and North Eastern Railway Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
10 Aug 1847
Opened[1]
1966
Closed to freight
9 Sep 1968
Closed to passengers
Swaffham railway station was located in Swaffham, Norfolk. It was the junction for lines to King's Lynn, Dereham, and Thetford. The Thetford branch closed on 15 June 1964, and the station closed to passengers on 9 September 1968.[2]
Preceding station
Disused railways
Following station
Narborough and Pentney Line and station closed
Great Eastern Railway Lynn and Dereham Railway
Sporle Line and station closed
Terminus
Great Eastern Railway Bury and Thetford (Swaffham Branch)
Holme Hale Line and station closed
^ abButt, 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.
^Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 412. OCLC 931112387.
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