West Runton railway station
West Runton railway station is on the Bittern Line in Norfolk, England, serving the village of West Runton. It is 28 miles 55 chains (46.2 km) down the line from Norwich and is situated between Cromer and Sheringham, the northern terminus.
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| Location | West Runton, North Norfolk England |
| Coordinates | 52.9355°N 1.2457°E |
| Grid reference | TG281297 |
| Managed by | Greater Anglia |
| Platforms | 1 |
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| Station code | WRN |
| Classification | DfT category F2 |
| History | |
| Opened | September 1887 |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  27,804 |
| 2016/17 |  26,186 |
| 2017/18 | 24,842 |
| 2018/19 | 27,212 |
| 2019/20 | 26,076 |
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Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
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It is one of two remaining Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway stations still in use on the National Rail network; Cromer being the other. Sheringham and Weybourne are the other two surviving M&GNJR stations, both still served today on the heritage North Norfolk Railway.
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 timetable has not been affected by Greater Anglia's timetable reductions related to the Coronavirus pandemic.
External links
Media related to West Runton railway station at Wikimedia Commons
| Preceding station | National Rail |
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Line and station open | Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway | Line open, station preserved |
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