Reepham (Norfolk) | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Reepham, Broadland |
Country: | England |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Platforms: | 2 |
Pregroup: | East Norfolk Railway Great Eastern Railway |
Postgroup: | London & North Eastern Railway Eastern Region of British Railways |
Years: | 1 May 1882 |
Events: | Opened as Reepham |
Years1: | 1 November 1927 |
Events1: | Renamed Reepham (Norfolk) |
Years2: | 15 September 1952 |
Events2: | Closed to passengers |
Years3: | 13 July 1981 |
Events3: | Closed to freight |
Reepham (Norfolk) was a railway station in Reepham, Norfolk. It was opened in 1882 and closed to passengers in 1952; it finally shut to goods services in 1981.[1] The tracks through Reepham remained in place until 1985, latterly serving a concrete factory in Lenwade.[2] The trackbed is preserved as part of the Marriott's Way long-distance footpath between Aylsham and Norwich.
A speculative plan to create a heritage railway between Reepham station and Whitwell station has been proposed by the owner of the latter station, which is being developed as a railway centre.[2] This would include relaying the Themelthorpe Curve, built to link the former Great Eastern Railway and Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway routes; it was formerly the tightest radius curve on the British Rail network.