Spooner Row railway station
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Spooner Row railway station is a rural railway station in the English
county of Norfolk
. The station is situated in the small village of Spooner Row
.
The station is served by local services operated by National Express East Anglia railway on the Breckland Line
from Norwich
to Cambridge
. It sees just two trains a day towards Norwich, with only one train stopping in the return direction.
The original station buildings were destroyed by fire in the 1970s. A small 'bus stop' type shelter is now provided for passengers on each platform. The eastbound platform is much lower than is usual for those on the British railway network.
The station is unstaffed, however, a manned signal box
is still in use. The level crossing
at the station is still manually operated and until spring 2009 a telegraph pole route ran past.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
county of Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
. The station is situated in the small village of Spooner Row
Spooner Row
Spooner Row is a small village in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some south-west of the town of Wymondham and south-west of the city of Norwich. The village is within the civil parish of Wymondham....
.
The station is served by local services operated by National Express East Anglia railway on the Breckland Line
Breckland Line
The Breckland Line runs from Cambridge in Cambridgeshire to Norwich in Norfolk, in East Anglia, England. It is so called because it runs through the Breckland region of Norfolk. The line also passes through Thetford Forest. The line is part of the Network Rail Strategic Route 5, SRS 05.09 and part...
from Norwich
Norwich
Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom...
to Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
. It sees just two trains a day towards Norwich, with only one train stopping in the return direction.
The original station buildings were destroyed by fire in the 1970s. A small 'bus stop' type shelter is now provided for passengers on each platform. The eastbound platform is much lower than is usual for those on the British railway network.
The station is unstaffed, however, a manned signal box
Signal box
On a rail transport system, signalling control is the process by which control is exercised over train movements by way of railway signals and block systems to ensure that trains operate safely, over the correct route and to the proper timetable...
is still in use. The level crossing
Level crossing
A level crossing occurs where a railway line is intersected by a road or path onone level, without recourse to a bridge or tunnel. It is a type of at-grade intersection. The term also applies when a light rail line with separate right-of-way or reserved track crosses a road in the same fashion...
at the station is still manually operated and until spring 2009 a telegraph pole route ran past.