Gunton | |
Symbol Location: | gb |
Symbol: | rail |
Borough: | Lower Street, Thorpe Market, North Norfolk |
Country: | England |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Manager: | Greater Anglia |
Platforms: | 1 |
Code: | GNT |
Classification: | DfT category F2 |
Years: | 29 July 1876 |
Events: | Opened |
Years1: | 19 April 1965 |
Events1: | Closed to freight |
Footnotes: | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Gunton railway station is a stop on the Bittern Line in Norfolk, England; it serves the villages of Lower Street, Thorpe Market and Southrepps. It is 19chain63chain from, between to the south and to the north. Train services are operated by Greater Anglia.
There is no village named Gunton; the station is in the parish of Thorpe Market and closest to Lower Street.
It was built primarily for the convenience of Lord Suffield, who lived at nearby Gunton Hall; he was a major investor in the original East Norfolk Railway,[1] which built the line from Norwich to .[2]
The station is unstaffed and consists of a single platform with a basic shelter. Originally the location of a passing loop, the northbound platform and station buildings are preserved but now privately owned.
There is a ticket machine, digital service displays and a free car park that can accommodate six vehicles.[3]
All services at Gunton are operated by Greater Anglia using BMUs.
The typical off-peak service is one train every two hours in each direction between and via . During the peak hours, the service is increased to one train per hour in each direction.