Ashwellthorpe railway station

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Ashwellthorpe
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Location
Place Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall
Area South Norfolk
Grid reference TM160977
Operations
Pre-grouping Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Eastern Region of British Railways
Platforms ?
History
2 May 1881 Opened
10 September 1939 Closed to passengers
4 August 1951 Closed to freight
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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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.

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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Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Wymondham   LNER
Wymondham to Forncett,
via Ashwellthorpe
  Forncett

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