West Runton railway station
West Runton  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | West Runton |
| Local authority | North Norfolk |
| Coordinates | 52°56′08″N 1°14′45″E / 52.9355°N 1.2457°ECoordinates: 52°56′08″N 1°14′45″E / 52.9355°N 1.2457°E |
| Grid reference | TG281297 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | WRN |
| Managed by | Greater Anglia |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| DfT category | F2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
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| History | |
| Key dates | Opened September 1887 |
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| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at West Runton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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West Runton railway station is on the Bittern Line in Norfolk, England, serving the village of West Runton. It is 28 miles 55 chains (46.2 km) down the line from Norwich and is situated between Cromer and Sheringham, the northern terminus.
It is one of two remaining Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway stations still in use, Cromer being the other.
The station is managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates all passenger trains that call.
All services to this station are run by diesel multiple units (Class 153, 156 and occasionally 170).
Like other stations on the Norwich - Sheringham line, West Runton is cared for by volunteers known as 'station adopters'.
Services
As of May 2018, the typical service at West Runton is one train per hour in each direction between Norwich and Sheringham, except on Sundays when the service is every two hours.
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Line and station open | Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway | Line open, station preserved |
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