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Former railway station in England

Watton
General information
Location	Watton, Norfolk England
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Thetford and Watton Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
18 Oct 1869	Opened as Watton
1 Jul 1923	Renamed Watton (Norfolk)
15 Jun 1964	Closed for passengers
19 April 1965	closed for freight

Watton railway station was located in Watton, Norfolk. It was on the Great Eastern Railway line between Swaffham and Thetford, and closed for passengers in 1964 and freight in 1965 as part of the Beeching Axe.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Holme Hale Line and station closed		Great Eastern Railway Bury and Thetford (Swaffham Branch)		Stow Bedon Line and station closed

References

^ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 444. OCLC 931112387.

Great Eastern Main Line	Norwich Victoria Trowse Swainsthorpe Flordon Forncett Tivetshall Burston
Breckland line	Spinks Lane Roudham Junction Hethersett
Fen line & environs	Denver Emneth Hilgay Holme Magdalen Gate Middle Drove Ouse Bridge Smeeth Road St Germain's Stow Bardolph Walsoken
Downham and Stoke Ferry Railway	Abbey and West Dereham Ryston Stoke Ferry
King's Lynn to Dereham	Middleton Towers East Winch Bilney Narborough & Pentney Swaffham Sporle Dunham Fransham Wendling Scarning
King's Lynn to Hunstanton	North Wootton Wolferton Dersingham Snettisham Heacham Hunstanton
Heacham to Wells	Sedgeford Docking Stanhoe Burnham Market Holkham Wells
Waveney Valley line	Pulham Market Pulham St Mary Starston Harleston Redenhall Wortwell Homersfield Earsham Ditchingham Ellingham Geldeston
Wymondham to Wroxham Line	Hardingham North Elmham County School Foulsham Reepham Cawston
Other lines	Aldeby Belton & Burgh Holme Hale Ashwellthorpe Fakenham East Haddiscoe Haddiscoe High Level Roudham Junction Ryburgh Stow Bedon St Olaves Thetford Bridge Walsingham Watton Whitlingham Wighton Halt Wretham & Hockham

Norwich to Cromer Branch	Norwich City Hellesdon Drayton Attlebridge Lenwade Whitwell & Reepham Guestwick Hindolvestone Melton Constable Holt
Walpole to Melton Constable	Walpole Terrington Clenchwarton South Lynn Gayton Road Grimston Road Hillington Massingham East Rudham Raynham Park Fakenham West Thursford
Melton Constable to Great Yarmouth Branch	Corpusty and Saxthorpe Bluestone Aylsham North Felmingham North Walsham Town Honing Stalham Sutton Staithe Halt Catfield Potter Heigham Potter Heigham Bridge Halt Martham Hemsby Little Ormesby Halt Great Ormesby Scratby Halt California Halt Caister Camp Halt Caister-on-Sea Newtown Halt Yarmouth Beach

Cromer to North Walsham	Cromer Links Halt Overstrand Sidestrand Halt Trimingham Mundesley-on-Sea Paston & Knapton
Great Yarmouth to Hopton	Yarmouth South Town Gorleston North Gorleston Gorleston Links Hopton

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