Abbey and West Dereham railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Abbey and West Dereham


caption =
locale = West Dereham
borough = East Anglia
line = Downham and Stoke Ferry Railway
manager =
owner = London and North Eastern Railway
platforms = 2
latitude =
longitude =
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years = August 1 1882
events = Station opens as Abbey
years1 = January 1 1886
events1 = Renamed Abbey for West Dereham
years2 = July 1 1923
events2 = Renamed Abbey and West Dereham
years3 = September 22 1930
events3 = Station closes

Abbey and West Dereham railway station was a railway station on the line between Downham Market and Stoke Ferry. It served the village of West Dereham and the nearby abbey, in Norfolk, England, until the line's closure in the 1930's.

History

Opened as Abbey by the Downham Market and Stoke Ferry Railway in 1882, it became part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway. Then it was placed in the London and North Eastern Railway, during the Grouping of 1923. The new owners renamed it Abbey and West Dereham that year. The station then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station closed on the 22nd September 1930.

References

*cite book|author=R.V.J.Butt, |title= The Directory of Railway Stations |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |year=1995 ISBN 1 85260 508 1
*cite book|author=A. Jowett, |title= Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas |publisher=Atlantic Publishing |year=2000 ISBN 0 906899 99 0