Stow Bardolph | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Stow Bardolph, King's Lynn and West Norfolk |
Country: | England |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Platforms: | 2 |
Original: | Lynn and Ely Railway |
Pregroup: | Great Eastern Railway |
Postgroup: | London and North Eastern Railway |
Years: | 27 Oct 1846 |
Events: | Opened as Stow |
Years1: | 1 Jul 1923 |
Events1: | Renamed Stow Bardolph |
Years2: | 4 Nov 1963 |
Events2: | Closed for passengers |
Years3: | 13 July 1964 |
Events3: | closed for freight |
Stow Bardolph railway station, in the parish of Stow Bardolph, Norfolk, served the villages of Stow Bardolph and Stowbridge. It closed in 1963.
The Lynn & Ely Railway Bill received the Royal Assent on 30 June 1845. Work started on the line in 1846 and the line and its stations were opened on 27 October 1846. Stow Station opened with the line and was situated South of Holme Gate Station and north of Downham Station. The line ran from Ely to Downham, the eventual destination being Ely.[1]