West Runton railway station is on the

Bittern Line The Bittern Line is a railway branch line in Norfolk, England, that links to . It passes through the Broads on its route to an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the north Norfolk coast. It is named after the bittern, a rare bird found in t ...

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, England, serving the village of

West Runton West Runton is a village in North Norfolk, England, on the North Sea coast. Toponymy The villages name means either, Runa's farm/settlement' or 'Runi's farm/settlement'. Overview West Runton and East Runton together form the parish of Runton ...

. It is down the line from and is situated between and , the northern terminus. It is one of two remaining

Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway The Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway (M&GNJR) was a railway network in England, in the area connecting southern Lincolnshire, the Isle of Ely and north Norfolk. It developed from several local independent concerns and was incorporated i ...

stations still in use on the

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network (Cromer being the other).

Sheringham Sheringham (; population 7,367) is an English seaside town within the county of Norfolk, United Kingdom.Ordnance Survey (2002). ''OS Explorer Map 252 - Norfolk Coast East''. . The motto of the town, granted in 1953 to the Sheringham Urban Distr ...

and Weybourne are the other two surviving M&GNJR stations, both still served today on the heritage

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. The station is managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates all passenger trains that call. All services to this station are run by Class 755 units. Like other stations on the Norwich - Sheringham line, West Runton is cared for by volunteers known as ''station adopters''.

Services

As of May 2020 the typical Monday to Saturday service at West Runton is one train an hour in both directions between Norwich and Sheringham. On Sundays, the service is every two hours. The

Bittern line The Bittern Line is a railway branch line in Norfolk, England, that links to . It passes through the Broads on its route to an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the north Norfolk coast. It is named after the bittern, a rare bird found in t ...

timetable has not been affected by Greater Anglia's timetable reductions related to the

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West Runton Railway stations in Norfolk DfT Category F2 stations Former Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1887 Greater Anglia franchise railway stations {{EastEngland-railstation-stub