Gunton railway station

Gunton railway station is on the Bittern Line in Norfolk, England, serving the villages of Lower Street, Thorpe Market and Southrepps. It is 19 miles 63 chains (31.8 km) down the line from Norwich and is situated between North Walsham to the south and Roughton Road to the north.

Gunton
Location
Place	Lower Street, Thorpe Market
Local authority	North Norfolk
Grid reference	TG255351
Operations
Station code	GNT
Managed by	Greater Anglia
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	16,138
2015/16	14,422
2016/17	15,848
2017/18	17,008
2018/19	19,188
History
29 July 1876	Opened
19 April 1965	Closed to freight
National Rail – UK railway stations
Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Gunton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

There is no village named Gunton, the station actually being situated in the parish of Thorpe Market and closest to Lower Street. It was built primarily for the convenience of Lord Suffield, who lived at nearby Gunton Hall, a major investor in the original East Norfolk Railway[1] which built the line from Norwich to Cromer.[2]

The station is unstaffed and consists of a single platform with a basic shelter. Originally the location of a passing loop, the northbound platform and station buildings are preserved but now privately owned. There is an unrestricted car park at the station that can accommodate about ten vehicles.

The station is managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates all passenger trains that call.