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English: Former level crossing, Royal Station in Wolferton Wolferton Station, the nearest to Sandringham, was opened in 1862 on the Great Eastern Railway Co. line between King's Lynn and Hunstanton. It brought royal trains to the Sandringham Estate until it was closed in 1969 (the last royal train to call at the station was in 1966). It was reconstructed in 1898 at a cost of £8,132 including the royal waiting rooms on the down platform. The company was grouped into the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923 until nationalisation on 1 January 1948 when split into the new British Railways' Eastern Region, North Eastern Region, and partially the Scottish Region. Wolferton was sold by British Rail to railwayman Eric Walker. He reopened the royal waiting room in 1970 as a museum until his death in 1985. In 2001, the station was sold to railway enthusiast Richard Brown who has undertaken significant restorations and returned much of Wolferton to its former glory and today (2017) visitors can still explore the platforms and other selected areas. |
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| current | 09:27, 24 November 2020 | | 640 × 480 (62 KB) | Lamberhurst (talk | contribs) | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description={{en|1=<b>Former level crossing, Royal Station in Wolferton</b><br>Wolferton Station, the nearest to Sandringham, was opened in 1862 on the Great Eastern Railway Co. line between King's Lynn and Hunstanton. It brought royal trains to the Sandringham Estate until it was closed in 1969 (the last royal train to call at the station was in 1966). It was reconstructed in 1898 at a cost of £8,132 including the royal waiting rooms on the down platform... |
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