West Runton railway station explained

West Runton
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:West Runton, North Norfolk
Country:England
Coordinates:52.9355°N 1.2457°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:Greater Anglia
Platforms:1
Code:WRN
Classification:DfT category F2
Opened:September 1887
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

West Runton railway station is a stop on the Bittern Line in Norfolk, England, serving the village of West Runton. It is 28chain55chain down the line from and is situated between and, the line's northern terminus. Train services are operated by Greater Anglia.

History

The station opened in September 1887. It is one of two remaining Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway stations still in use on the National Rail network (Cromer being the other). Sheringham and Weybourne are the other two surviving M&GNJR stations; both are still served today on the heritage North Norfolk Railway.

Like other stations on the Bittern line, West Runton is cared for by volunteers known as station adopters.

Services

All services at West Runton are operated by Greater Anglia using BMUs.

The typical Monday-Saturday service is one train per hour in each direction between and via . On Sundays, the service is reduced to one train every two hours in each direction.