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Attlebridge
Attlebridge
	The former station is now a private residence.
General information
Location	Attlebridge, Norfolk; England
Grid reference	TG129175
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Post-grouping	Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Key dates
2 December 1882	Station opened
2 March 1959	Station closed to passengers

Norwich Branch

Attlebridge railway station is a closed station in Norfolk, England. It served the small village of Attlebridge.^[1]^[2] It was constructed by the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway in the 1880s on the line between Melton Constable and Norwich City.

The line closed to passengers in 1959. The former station site, on Station Road, is now a B&B, caravan site and furniture joinery.

History

Opened by the Lynn and Fakenham Railway, it became a Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway station. During the Grouping of 1923 it converted to a joint operation of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and the London and North Eastern Railway with the latter taking sole operation in 1936.

The route of the former railway line is now part of the Marriott's Way leisure trail.^[3]

Former Services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Drayton		Midland and Great Northern Norwich Branch		Lenwade

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Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
Station on navigable O.S. map