Dunham railway station
Dunham | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Little Dunham, Breckland England | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Lynn and Dereham Railway[1] East Anglian Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway Eastern Region of British Railways | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 11 September 1848 | Opened as Little Dunham[1] | ||||
| September 1851 | Renamed Dunham | ||||
| 9 September 1968 | Closed | ||||
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Dunham railway station was located in Little Dunham, Norfolk on the Great Eastern Railway line between Swaffham and Dereham.[2] It closed to passengers on the 9th of September 1968 as a result of the Beeching Axe, with the last trains running on Saturday 7th September.[3]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sporle Line and station closed |
Great Eastern Railway Lynn and Dereham Railway |
Fransham Line and station closed | ||
References
[edit]- 1 2 Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- ↑ British Railways Atlas (1947), p. 17
- ↑ http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/d/dunham(norfolk)/index.shtml
External links
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52°41′06″N 0°45′43″E / 52.6849°N 0.7620°E
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- ↑ Dunham station fetures in this video. "The vanishing railway". You Tube. You tube. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
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- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1968
- 1848 establishments in England
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