Stoke Ferry is a closed railway station in

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...

. It was the terminus of a 7¼ mile branch line from

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which opened on 1 August 1882 and finally closed to all traffic in 1965.

History

The

Downham and Stoke Ferry Railway The Downham and Stoke Ferry Railway was a branch line in western Norfolk, England. History The Downham and Stoke Ferry Railway (D&SF) was just over long. It was authorised on 24 July 1879, and opened on 1 August 1882, being worked by the Grea ...

opened on 1 August 1882, and Stoke Ferry station opened with the line.

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1922 shows a service of 4 trains a day on weekdays only between Stoke Ferry and Downham on the

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's Cambridge to King's Lynn line. The village of

Stoke Ferry Stoke Ferry is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, 6.5 miles south-east of Downham Market. The village lies on the River Wissey, previously known as the River Stoke. It covers an area of and had a population of 896 in 3 ...

lies on the

River Wissey The River Wissey is a river in Norfolk, eastern England. It rises near Bradenham, and flows for nearly to join the River Great Ouse at Fordham. The lower are navigable. The upper reaches are notable for a number of buildings of historic int ...

and the station was on the southern edge of the village. The station closed to passengers on 22 September 1930.

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Stoke Ferry station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
Former Great Eastern Railway stations Disused railway stations in Norfolk Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1882 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1930 Stoke Ferry {{EastEngland-railstation-stub

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