North Elmham railway station


North Elmham railway station is a railway station in the village of North Elmham in the English county of Norfolk. The station was part of the Wymondham to Wells Branch, and is part of a section of the line being restored by the Mid-Norfolk Railway from Dereham to County School railway station.

History

The station was equipped with a single passenger platform on the down line. This line was flanked by a goods loop. The station was rebuilt by the London & North Eastern Railway, with a simple brick building replacing the earlier timber framed building. Passenger trains were not permitted to pass at this station.

Goods trains

North Elmham was the location for a rail served dairy, with daily milk trains operating from the station to Ilford. A shunting horse was used at Elmham to move loaded milk wagons from the down to the up side of the line for collection. The station also dealt in grain and fertilizer traffic.

Present day

Some materials are currently on site from the former Cambridge - St Ives railway to construct a new platform in preparation for the opening of the MNR's northern section for passengers. Construction of a new platform and the pace of track restoration between Hoe and North Elmham which relies on volunteer labour and charitable donations.
It had been proposed that there could be an additional halt built between this location and Dereham in the small hamlet of Hoe, a popular location for walkers. The Mid-Norfolk Railway's volunteers are instead concentrating efforts on restoring the line progressively towards North Elmham.
Although there are no passenger train services near this station at this time, a Transport Works Order is in place allowing the Mid-Norfolk Railway Preservation Trust to operate trains from Dereham up to approximately 550m north of the station where an old railway buffer stop is located. As of 2019, engineering trains operate as far as the level crossing beside the former station site.