Abbey and West Dereham
Remains of the station seen in 1991
General information
LocationWest Dereham, King's Lynn and West Norfolk
England
Grid referenceTL656997
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyDownham and Stoke Ferry Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 August 1882 (1882-08-01)Station opens as Abbey
1 January 1886Renamed Abbey for West Dereham
1 July 1923Renamed Abbey and West Dereham
22 September 1930Station closed to passengers
Downham & Stoke
Ferry Railway
Fen line to King's Lynn
 Downham
 Denver
Fen line to Ely
 Ryston
 Abbey and West Dereham
Wissington Tramway
 Stoke Ferry

Abbey and West Dereham railway station was a railway station on the line between Downham Market and Stoke Ferry.[1] It served the village of West Dereham and the nearby St Mary's Abbey, in Norfolk, England. It was located south of the village on what is still called Station Road:

History

Opened as Abbey by the Downham and Stoke Ferry Railway on 1 August 1882,[2] the line was run from the beginning by the Great Eastern Railway (GER). The station was renamed twice: on 1 January 1886 it became Abbey for West Dereham; and in 1923 as a result of the Grouping the GER became part of the London and North Eastern Railway and the new owners renamed the station Abbey and West Dereham, this occurring on 1 July 1923.[2] The station closed to passenger traffic on 22 September 1930.[2]

The line became part of the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

Notes

  1. ↑ Conolly 1976, p. 17, section F5.
  2. 1 2 3 Butt 1995, p. 11.

References

  • Allen, Cecil J. (1956) [1955]. The Great Eastern Railway (2nd ed.). Hampton Court, Surrey: Ian Allan.
  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  • Conolly, W. Philip (January 1976). British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer (5th ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3. EX/0176.
  • Jowett, A. (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Stoke Ferry
Line and station closed		   Great Eastern Railway
Stoke Ferry Branch		   Ryston
Line and station closed

52°34′13″N 0°26′37″E / 52.57035°N 0.44350°E / 52.57035; 0.44350


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