Gunton railway station

Gunton
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Location
Place	Lower Street, Thorpe Market
Local authority	North Norfolk
Grid reference	TG255351
Operations
Station code	GNT
Managed by	Abellio Greater Anglia
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	12,640
2005/06	11,951
2006/07	11,374
2007/08	16,399
2008/09	19,706
2009/10	17,826
2010/11	18,714
2011/12	16,742
2012/13	18,400
2013/14	17,290
History
29 July 1876	Opened
19 April 1965	Closed to freight
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Gunton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Gunton is a railway station on the Bittern Line which connects the city of Norwich to the North Norfolk coastal towns of Cromer and Sheringham in East Anglia, England. There is no village of this name, the station being actually situated in the parish of Thorpe Market. Gunton station was built primarily for the convenience of Lord Suffield who lived at nearby Gunton Hall, a major investor in the original East Norfolk Railway Company which built the railway from Norwich to Cromer. Gunton's station buildings are now preserved but are privately owned.

The station today

File:Gunton Railway staion 10 Jan 2007 (4).JPG

Main building now a private residence

The station serves the villages of Lower Street, Thorpe Market and Southrepps. It is served by local services operated by Abellio Greater Anglia. Gunton station is un-staffed, and consists of a single platform with a simple "bus type" shelter for passenger use. Originally the location of a passing loop, the northbound platform and station buildings are no longer in the ownership of the railway. Instead they are owned by Stanley Hurn. There is an unrestricted car park at the station that holds about ten vehicles.

Train services

The following services currently call at Gunton:

Operator	Route	Material	Frequency
Abellio Greater Anglia	Norwich - Salhouse - Hoveton and Wroxham - Worstead - North Walsham - Gunton - Roughton Road - Cromer - West Runton - Sheringham	Class 153, Class 156, Class 170	1x per hour - Monday to Saturday

External links

• Map sources for Gunton railway station

• Train times and station information for Gunton railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
North Walsham		Abellio Greater Anglia Bittern Line		Roughton Road
	Disused railways
North Walsham Line and station open		Great Eastern Railway East Norfolk Railway		Cromer High Line and station closed