Abbey and West Dereham railway station

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:

Abbey and West Dereham
Remains of the station seen in 1991
General information
Location	West Dereham, King's Lynn and West Norfolk England
Grid reference	TL656997
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Downham and Stoke Ferry Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 August 1882 (1882-08-01)	Station opens as Abbey
1 January 1886	Renamed Abbey for West Dereham
1 July 1923	Renamed Abbey and West Dereham
22 September 1930	Station closed to passengers
31 January 1966	closed for freight traffic

v t e Downham & Stoke Ferry Railway
Legend
Fen line to King's Lynn Downham Denver Fen line to Ely Ryston Abbey and West Dereham Wissington Tramway Stoke Ferry

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. 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.

External links

• Abbey and West Dereham station on navigable 1946 O. S. map

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Stoke Ferry Line and station closed		Great Eastern Railway Stoke Ferry Branch		Ryston Line and station closed

52.57035°N 0.44350°E / 52.57035; 0.44350