Massingham railway station

Massingham railway station is a now closed railway station in North Norfolk. It was situated at Little Massingham and was on the line between South Lynn and Great Yarmouth and served the villages of Little and Great Massingham and Harpley.

Massingham
A view circa 1910. Note the criss- cross fencing typical of the M&GN Joint Railway
General information
Location	Little Massingham, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, Norfolk England
Grid reference	TF793248
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Lynn and Fakenham Railway Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Post-grouping	Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
16 August 1879	Opened
2 March 1959	Closed to passengers
1 January 1966	Closed to freight

History

A driving force behind the building of the Lynn & Fakenham railway line was the Reverend Joseph Lloyd Brereton of Little Massingham. Supporters of the project used to meet at his rectory in the 1870s. As a result of their endeavours the line was built from Lynn to Massingham and the station and line was opened by the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway on 16 August 1879. Later the line was extended and continued onto Fakenham opening on 16 August 1880.

It later was managed by the London and North Eastern Railway until nationalisation in 1948 when it came under the control of British Railways until closure in 1959.^[1][2]

This was abbreviated to (M&GN), interpreted by many as meaning the Muddle & Get Nowhere Railway. Massingham was also the only station between South Lynn and Fakenham to have a footbridge. After the line was closed the main ticket office and waiting rooms and the stationmaster's house were converted into two houses.

References

1. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 290. OCLC 931112387.
2. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 156. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

Former Services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Hillington		Midland and Great Northern		East Rudham

52.7913°N 0.6583°E / 52.7913; 0.6583