Wendling railway station explained

Wendling
Status:Disused
Borough:Wendling, Norfolk
Country:England
Platforms:2
Original:Lynn and Dereham Railway
East Anglian Railway
Pregroup:Great Eastern Railway
Postgroup:London and North Eastern Railway
Eastern Region of British Railways
Years:11 Sep 1848
Events:Opened
Years1:13 July 1964
Events1:closed for freight
Years2:9 Sep 1968
Events2:Closed to passengers

Wendling railway station was a railway station in Wendling, Norfolk on the Great Eastern line between Dereham and King's Lynn.[1] It closed in 1968.

This section of the former railway has been used for improvements to the A47, with the site of the station being lost under the roadworks.

The station featured in the Dad's Army episodes Battle School and The Day the Balloon Went Up.

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52.6807°N 0.8563°W

Notes and References

  1. British Railways Atlas (1947), p.18.