Wolferton railway station
Wolferton | |||||
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Station platforms and buildings | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Wolferton, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, England | ||||
| Grid reference | TF660285 | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Lynn and Hunstanton Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway, Eastern Region of British Railways | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 3 October 1862 | Opened as Wolverton | ||||
| 15 July 1863 | Renamed Wolferton | ||||
| 28 December 1964 | Closed to freight | ||||
| 5 May 1969 | Closed to passengers | ||||
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Wolferton was a railway station on the Lynn and Hunstanton Railway line, which opened in 1862 to serve the village of Wolferton, in Norfolk, England. It was well known as the nearest station to Sandringham House; royal trains brought the royal family to and from their estate until the station's closure in 1969.