Flordon railway station served the village of

Flordon Flordon is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is located south-east of Wymondham and south-west of Norwich. History Although the certain meaning of Flordon's name is uncertain, it is of Anglo-Saxon origin ...

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. It was opened in 1849, when the line from

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to Norwich Victoria was constructed; the station was served by

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stopping services between Norwich and

Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line r ...

. It was closed in 1966, as a result of the

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, along with other smaller stations between Norwich and Ipswich. The line through the former station site continues to operate today, hosting electric inter-city services between London Liverpool Street and

Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...

Former services

Flordon station was built as a stop on the Eastern Union Railway service between Ipswich and Norwich Victoria.

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Flordon station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
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