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Emneth railway station

Coordinates: 52°39′33″N 0°13′00″E / 52.6592°N 0.2166°E / 52.6592; 0.2166
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Emneth
General information
LocationKing's Lynn and West Norfolk
Coordinates52°39′33″N 0°13′00″E / 52.6592°N 0.2166°E / 52.6592; 0.2166
Owned byLondon and North Eastern Railway
Eastern Region of British Railways
Managed byEast Anglian Railway
Great Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 March 1848Opened
9 September 1968Closed[1]

Emneth was a railway station which served the village of Emneth Hungate near Wisbech in Norfolk, England. The station was opened in 1848 as an extension of the East Anglian Railway's line from Magdalen Road station (now known as Watlington) to Wisbech East. The station's location, like that of the neighbouring Middle Drove station, was fairly rural and the line eventually closed in 1968. In October 1942, a hoard of Roman silver coins together with fragments of an urn in which they were stored was found near the station.[2] Emneth's station building survived closure, and has since been converted into a private residence.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Walsoken   British Rail
Eastern Region

Wisbech Line
  Smeeth Road

References

  1. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 91.
  2. ^ Wright (1946). "Roman Britain in 1945: I. Sites Explored: II. Inscriptions". The Journal of Roman Studies. 36, Parts 1 and 2. Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies: 133–148. JSTOR 298046.