Wighton Halt railway station

Wighton Halt is a railway station serving the small village of Wighton, Norfolk. It is a public railway station, originally part of the standard gauge network, and now part of the narrow gauge Wells and Walsingham Light Railway.

Wighton Halt
Station on heritage railway
Wighton Halt with the station building in view.
LocationWighton, North Norfolk, Norfolk
England
Coordinates52.91802°N 0.87815°E / 52.91802; 0.87815
Grid referenceTF936395
Owned byWells and Walsingham Light Railway
Platforms1

LNER

Wighton Halt was a railway station on the Wells and Fakenham Railway, later part of the Great Eastern Railway. It was operated by the London and North Eastern Railway until rail nationalisation. It closed on 5 October 1964 as part of the Beeching cuts on the British railway network.

W&WLR
Station name board.

In 1979 construction work began to reopen four miles of the disused railway line between Wells and Walsingham. The narrow gauge Wells & Walsingham Light Railway began operations in April 1982, at which time Wighton railway station reopened, but with the new name of "Seton's Halt". A new station, on the northern side of the village, took the name Wighton Halt. By 2005 it was evident that Wighton village did not require two stations, so the new Wighton Halt was closed, and Seton's Halt reverted to its original name of Wighton. Although it is a request stop, the "halt" suffix does not appear on the station name boards or on timetables.

References
Wighton railway station.
  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory Of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
  • Adderson, Richard & Saunders, Des (1992). British Railways Past and Present East Anglia. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-85895-056-2.
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20081006135523/http://www.norfolkrailwaysociety.org.uk/news_may-jun05.html
Preceding station   Heritage railways Following station
Warham   Wells & Walsingham Light Railway   Walsingham
Disused railways
Wells-next-the-Sea
Line and station closed		   British Rail
Eastern Region
Wymondham to Wells via East Dereham		   Walsingham
Line and station closed
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