BRITISH RAILWAY STATIONS
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HUNSTANTON - 1950's - Opened in October 1862 by the Lynn & Hunstanton Railway on what was essentially a greenfield site, it was located some distance from the settlement of Old Hunstanton. The landowner, Henry Styleman le Strange, also principal shareholder in the railway, had gifted the land, built the Sandringham Hotel and owned most of the town quickly grew up around it. The station had two island platforms plus a number of carriage sidings but in the height of the summer season this accomodation was barely sufficient for purpose. Through services from Liverpool Street were withdrawn in 1959 and passenger numbers declined sharply in the 1960's. By 1967 the line had been singled and most stations were unstaffed, trains consisting of a DMU service to Kings Lynn. The line closed in May 1969, lifted and has been a source of regret ever since, road access to the town being diabolical. Here we see what I think is D5551 backing onto a train in the late 1950's.