Fakenham West railway station

Fakenham West railway station was a station in Norfolk. It was built as part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway main line that meandered across Norfolk to Great Yarmouth.[1]

Fakenham West
General information
Location	Fakenham, North Norfolk England
Grid reference	TF916292
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Lynn and Fakenham Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Post-grouping	Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
16 August 1880 (1880-08-16)	Opened as Fakenham Town
by 1910	Renamed Fakenham
27 September 1948	Renamed Fakenham West
2 March 1959	Closed

The station was opened by the Lynn and Fakenham Railway on 16 August 1880, when it was originally named Fakenham Town, and was renamed Fakenham by 1910. Following railway nationalisation, it was renamed again to become Fakenham West by British Railways on 27 September 1948. The station was closed on 2 March 1959.[2]

Part of a platform from the station survives outside the car park of the Jewson builder's merchant, and the trackbed south of the platform is visible as a roadway.

The town was served by two stations on separate lines. Fakenham East railway station was on the Great Eastern route between Wells-on-Sea and Wymondham.[3] Currently there are no rail links to Fakenham; however, this may change in the future with the Norfolk Orbital Railway, which would use the proposed new-build station close to the site of Fakenham West. [4]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Raynham Park Line and station closed		Midland and Great Northern		Thursford Line and station closed
	Proposed Heritage railways
	Future services
Thursford		Norfolk Orbital Railway		Ryburgh