Emneth railway station

{{short description|Former railway station in Norfolk, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2017}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Emneth

| status = Disused

| image = Emneth Railway Station.jpg

| caption = Former station building in 2006.

| borough = Emneth Hungate, King's Lynn and West Norfolk

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|52.6592|0.2166|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|TF500091|25|TF500091}}

| platforms = 2

| pregroup = East Anglian Railway
Great Eastern Railway

| postgroup = London and North Eastern Railway
Eastern Region of British Railways

| years = 1 March 1848

| events = Opened

| years2 = {{nowrap|9 September 1968}}

| events2 = ClosedButt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, {{ISBN|1-85260-508-1}}, p. 91.

}}

Emneth was a railway station, near Wisbech, which served the village of Emneth, Norfolk. 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. In 1872 Elizabeth Pearce, twelve year-old daughter of a nearby crossing keeper, drowned in the 'Tea-water pit'. {{cite news|title= Old Walsoken|newspaper= Lynn Advertiser |date= 6 July 1872|page= 5}} 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.{{cite journal|jstor=298046|journal=The Journal of Roman Studies|title=Roman Britain in 1945: I. Sites Explored: II. Inscriptions|volume=36, Parts 1 and 2|year=1946|pages=133–148|author=Wright|publisher=Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies|doi=10.2307/298046|s2cid=250348084 }} Emneth's station building survived closure, and has since been converted into a private residence.

{{Disused Rail Start}}

{{Rail line|previous={{stnlnk|Walsoken}}|next=Smeeth Road|route=British Rail
Eastern Region
Wisbech Line|col=0505C2}}

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