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 from King's Lynn to a number of coastal destinations.[1]

Fakenham West
Location
Place	Fakenham
Area	North Norfolk
Grid reference	TF916292
Operations
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
Platforms	2
History
16 August 1880 (1880-08-16)	Opened as Fakenham Town
by 1910	Renamed Fakenham
27 September 1948	Renamed Fakenham West
2 March 1959	Closed
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

The station was opened by the Lynn and Fakenham Railway on 16 August 1880, and was originally named Fakenham Town, but by 1910 had been renamed Fakenham. Following Nationalisation, it was renamed Fakenham West by British Railways on 27 September 1948; it was closed on 2 March 1959.[2]

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, this might 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