Area South Norfolk Pre-grouping Great Eastern Railway | Grid reference TM160977 Platforms ? | |
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Place Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Eastern Region of British Railways Similar Forncett railway station, Starston railway station, Narborough and Pentney r, Ellingham railway station, Docking railway station | ||
Ashwellthorpe was a railway station that existed in the village of Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk on a cut off line between Forncett and Wymondham. It was opened in 1881, and closed in 1939.
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The line, originally single track, was used for main line diversion trains during the floods of 1912. It was doubled for military purposes during the First World War.
History
Opened by the Great Eastern Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then closed under that management.
The site today
On the Ordnance Survey map the site is now an industrial estate.
References
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