North Wootton railway station

North Wootton
Location
Place	North Wootton
Area	King's Lynn and West Norfolk, Norfolk
Grid reference	TF637244
Operations
Pre-grouping	Lynn & Hunstanton Railway Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway Eastern Region of British Railways
Platforms	2
History
3 October 1862	Opened (Wootton)
July 1869	Renamed (North Wootton)
5 May 1969	Closed[1]
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North Wootton was a railway station on the King's Lynn to Hunstanton line which opened in 1862 to serve the village of North Wootton on the outskirts of King's Lynn in Norfolk, England. The station closed along with the line in 1969.

History

As the first intermediate station on the line, North Wootton was situated some 3 miles 19 chains from King's Lynn. Much like Dersingham station, it was equipped with an up and down platform - the main station buildings on the up side and smaller waiting facilities on the down side. The main building was 'L' shaped comprising a two-storey stationmaster's residence together with an adjoining booking office; the building was a hybrid of the original Lynn & Hunstanton Railway architecture plus later modifications introduced by the Great Eastern Railway at the turn of the twentieth century. At the south end of the platforms lay a minor road which the line crossed on the level, with crossing gates being controlled by a standard Great Eastern signal box.^[2]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
King's Lynn		British Rail Eastern Region King's Lynn to Hunstanton branch		Wolferton

Present day

The station buildings survived closure and are now the headquarters of North Wootton's Scouts and Guides. In May 2008 the old signal box was transferred to Leeming Bar station on the Wensleydale Railway in North Yorkshire as part of a £50,000 renovation project which was backed by a £22,700 heritage lottery grant.^[3]

References

1. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 174.
2. ^ Jenkins, S.C. (1987). The Lynn & Hunstanton Railway and the West Norfolk Branch. Headington, Oxford: Oakwood Press. pp. p. 89. ISBN 0-85361-330-3. 
3. ^ Lynn News, "New home for North Wootton signal box", 27 May 2008.

Coordinates: 52°47′32″N 0°25′35″E / 52.79234°N 0.42632°E / 52.79234; 0.42632