Holt railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Holt |
| Area | North Norfolk |
| Coordinates | 52°54′15″N 1°05′40″E / 52.904195°N 1.094488°ECoordinates: 52°54′15″N 1°05′40″E / 52.904195°N 1.094488°E |
| Grid reference | TG082385 |
| Operations | |
| Pre-grouping | Eastern & Midlands Railway Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway |
| Post-grouping | Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway Eastern Region of British Railways |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 1 October 1884 | Opened |
| 6 April 1964 | Closed to passengers |
| 28 December 1964 | Closed to freight |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Holt railway station served the town of Holt in Norfolk, England. It was part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway network, which spread over much of East Anglia, providing connections to Cromer, Norwich and Yarmouth. Closed in 1964, there are proposals afoot to rebuild the line through the locality as part of an orbital railway scheme.
In 1880 and 1881, the Lynn & Fakenham Railway obtained successive Acts of Parliament authorising the construction of a line north from its Melton Constable station as far as Kelling Heath where it would fork: one branch heading to the north-west to reach the fishing port of Blakeney, whilst the second would proceed to the north-east to reach the coastal village of Sheringham and then Cromer. A new company - the Eastern & Midlands Railway - was formed to build the line. Construction began in April 1883 and later that year the rails had reached Holt, five miles from Melton Constable, but work on the station and yard did not begin until much later. Holt was to remain the line's northern terminus and only station until 1887 when it finally reached Cromer. The line to Blakeney was never built due to doubts over its viability.
The original 1884 building consisted of little more than a sleeper platform and basic wooden buildings. Upon the completion of the line to Cromer, more durable buildings - most likely designed by William Marriott - were built; these included a brick-built main station building of typical Midland and Great Northern (M&GN) design, with a central block and two projecting gabled cross wings - the central portion being set back slightly to form a loggia for passengers on the down platform. A wooden waiting shelter was erected on the up platform with a saw-tooth canopy. The original wooden station building later became a 'reading room' at Melton Constable station. Holt station was destroyed by fire in 1926 and a concrete replacement was built.
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