Whitwell & Reepham railway station
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Station platform in August 2010
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| Location | |
| Place | Reepham |
| Area | Broadland, Norfolk |
| Grid reference | TG091217 |
| Operations | |
| Managed by | Lynn & Fakenham Railway Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway |
| Owned by | Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway Eastern Region of British Railways |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 1 July 1882 | Opened |
| 28 February 1959 | Closed to passengers |
| 1 May 1964 | Closed to freight |
| 28 February 2009 | Site reopened to the public |
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Whitwell and Reepham railway station, also known as Whitwell station, is a former station situated in Norfolk, England. The station closed in 1959 and is a notable stop on the Marriott's Way long-distance footpath. It is being restored as a railway museum, including the re-laying of track.
The station was opened in 1882 as part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway's (M&GN) branch from the main line at Melton Constable to Norwich City. Whilst the route was fairly well-used, it struggled under the competition from the larger Great Eastern Railway and its more direct lines. Only one year prior to opening, the Great Eastern had inaugurated its own station at Reepham which, unlike Whitwell, was conveniently sited to the settlement it purported to serve.
The M&GN suffered in the post-Second World War period which saw much freight transfer to road and greater car ownership, leaving the line with its summer and schools traffic. In the face of spiralling losses, British Rail made the decision to close the majority of the line, leaving Whitwell open for freight until 1964. The track through the station remained, however, down until 1985 for the purposes of concrete product movements to neighbouring Lenwade railway station. The station site itself was variously used post-closure as a tree surgery, offices, the parking of coaches and a workshop and garage. Following the lifting of the track through the station, the trackbed was reused as part of the Marriott's Way from 1993.
At one point there was a proposal to dismantle the station building and re-erect it at Holt station on the North Norfolk Railway, but the M&GN station from Stalham was chosen instead.
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