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Watton railway station information


Watton
General information
LocationWatton, Norfolk
England
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyThetford and Watton Railway[1]
Pre-groupingGreat Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
18 Oct 1869Opened as
Watton[1]
1 Jul 1923Renamed
Watton (Norfolk)
15 Jun 1964Closed for passengers
19 April 1965closed for freight

Watton railway station was located in Watton, Norfolk. It was on the Great Eastern Railway line between Swaffham and Thetford, and closed for passengers in 1964[2] and freight in 1965 as part of the Beeching Axe.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Holme Hale
Line and station closed
  Great Eastern Railway
Bury and Thetford (Swaffham Branch)
  Stow Bedon
Line and station closed
  1. ^ a b 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. ^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 444. OCLC 931112387.

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