North Walsham railway station
North Walsham railway station is on the Bittern Line in Norfolk, England, serving the town of North Walsham. It is down the line from, between to the south and to the north. Train services are operated by Greater Anglia.
Description
Historically, the town was served by two adjacent railway stations; this existing station dating from 1874 served the Great Eastern Railway from Norwich to Cromer High, while a nearby station named served the former lines to and . North Walsham Town closed on 28 February 1959, with the "Main" station renamed simply "North Walsham".In 2010 the station signs were changed to read "North Walsham, home of Paston College".
The station is the site of the only passing loop on the route, which has been worked remotely from Norwich since the line was re-signalled in 2000. The station goods yard, meanwhile, is the last operational freight location on the line; GB Railfreight dispatches regular bulk trainloads of petrochemicals from here to. Aggregate traffic has also been handled here in the past.
Services
All services at North Walsham are operated by Greater Anglia using BMUs.The typical service on all days of the week is one train per hour in each direction between and via.